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HYDE PARK SKETCHES. 



BY 



A. R. WESTERN, 



/fyde Park Sketches " will be welcomed by two classes o/" society : namely. By "stay- 
at-home travellers," and by those, less numerous , who visit the old country (as it is 



often called), and instead of being lost, as it were, in the immense and absorbing pop 

ulatioH of London, apply themselves to the cultivation of an intimate acqi 

with its localities and their traditions, with_ the inhabitants and their oft-times sin 



gular habits, customs, and eccentricities. The author has taken Hyde Park as the 
centre of what may be called metropolitan in contradistinction to commercial London. 
He used his eyes to observe, his ears to listen, his voice to inquire, his memory to 
retain, and his pen to record all that he had learned about the highways and bye-ways 
of the greatest city on earth. Original characters are described with vivid force, 
eccentric persons are brought forward, and the veins of fad andfction run commin- 
gled through the pages. Nothing dull appears in these sketches, in which "the West 
End" of mighty London is made to pass before us, as in review. Tradition and his- 
tory are blended, and a severe critic, who examined the work carefully, has expressed 
his admiration of the manner in which historic truth has been preserved inviolate all 
^ through. It may be safely predicted that Londoners themselves, on reading this vol- 

^j> ume, will be surprised to learn how little they actually know of their own city, and 
y^ (/^how well the author is acquainted with it. 

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PREFACE. 



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The title of these sketches was adopted by 
me, because Hyde Park was the best place for 
seeing a variety of people; and they were 
hastily written, as one friend would write to 
another. 

I have not submitted the MS. to the inspec- 
tion of any one, and I am not sure of the 
favorable reception of the book ; but I can only 
express the hope that it will be kindly received. 

The Author. 

Paris, December 6th, 1879. 



CONTENTS. 

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Page 

I. THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK 23 

n. STREET PREACHDTG IN LONDON 26 

ni. A PARK OWNER 29 

IV. IN ROTTEN ROW 82 

V. OUT OF DOOR ECCENTRICS 38 

VI. THEATRICALS EXTRAORDINARY 43 

Vn. A MUSEUM VISITOR 47 

Vni. THE DESERTED ROOM 53 

IX. SWELLS AND CANINES 61 

X. FRENCH PEOPLE 64 

XI. THE ENGLISH 68 

Xn. A BATCH OF ARTISANS 74 

XHL BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY . 78 

XIV. ENGLAND AND AMERICA 84 

XV. CO-OPERATIVE STORES 90 

XVI. BENHAFIT IN THE PARK 93 

XVn. THE general's FEATS 100 

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22 CONTENTS. 

Page 

XVni. SELF-MADE MEN 107 

XIX. A TROUBLED LEFE Ill 

XX. PLACES AND PEOPLE 125 

XXI. THE DBAPEE's STORY 132 

XXn. HOW AN M. P. GETS ON 147 

XXin. GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR 154 

XXIV. VICISSITUDES OF FASHION" 159 

XXV. JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL 162 

XXVI. THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK 171 

XXVn. THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE 187 

XXVni. HYDE PARK IN SEVERAL REIGNS 199 

XXIX. VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS.. 208 



HYDE PARK SKETCHES. 



THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. 

HYDE PARK is pleasantly situated in what may- 
be called the best part of London, and contains 
about four hundred acres of fine ground, with trees 
and shrubs, and for the summer are planted a large 
and rare collection of beautiful flowers. There are 
roads for carriages and vehicles of every description ; 
also roads for equestrians, and firm walks for pedes- 
trians. 

As may be supposed, this place is a popular resort 
for people of all ranks, and among the number are a 
few singular persons, who are usually designated as 
absent-minded. Their minds are absent, and so far 

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24 THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. 

distant, that with the swiftest of horses they could 
never reach them in this sphere, and it may be hoped 
that they will hereafter be more successful. 

Among the number of these persons is a gentleman 
of the medium size and height, who is said to be 
seventy years of age, whose hair and whiskers, (both 
being kept in the best order,) are black as night, 
and he evidently is rather proud of them. He dresses 
entirely in black, and at all seasons of the year wears 
a long cloak, tight-fitting trowsers, and very high top 
boots, with a hat of the usual quality worn by gentle- 
men, but twice as high as the present style, and of a 
sugar-loaf shape. His neck is much longer than the 
neck of the most of other persons, and is always 
encased with a black velvet stock reaching to his ears, 
and causing him to carry his .head very high. 

He also wears black kid gloves, reaching up nearly 
half of the way to his elbows, and ever has an 
umbrella — nearly twice the size of that of any other 
person, in or out of the park — which he carries 
under his arm, always in the same way. 

This gentleman never speaks or takes the least 
notice of any one. He stalks (among the throng who 
are walking and sitting in the chairs) with a slow, 



THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. 25 

measured step; occasionally stopping, and turning 
around, first one way and then the other, (as he finds 
it difficult to turn his head,) with a pleased expression 
of countenance, as if he was perfectly satisfied with 
every thing that he saw, and did not wish to make 
any change. 

After he has been in the Park for about two hours, 
he departs, and is seen no more for the day. He does 
not visit Hyde Park every day; probably he is seen 
there twice a week, and he evidently visits the other 
Parks, which are numerous in London. 

The weather is sometimes quite warm in the summer 
in England, and the reverse in winter ; but this gentle- 
man always appears in the same clothes, which — like 
his hair and whiskers — are in the very best condition. 

He is said to be in good circumstances, in a pecu- 
niary way ; but has worn a remarkable dress, and has 
had strange ideas and manners, for the greater part of 
his life. 

He has good rooms in a good boarding establish- 
ment; partakes of his meals in his room, and never 
speaks to any one, in the house, or out of the house, if 
he can possibly avoid doing so. 



26 STREET PREACHING IN LONDON. 

II. 

STREET PREACHING IN LONDON. 

NEAR the Regents Park, one afternoon, I heard a 
street preacher, who had a large but promiscuous 
audience. He was a young man of fine appearance, 
well dressed, with a good address, and was heard with 
attention through his discourse, which lasted nearly 
twenty-five minutes. 

When he had concluded, another person filled the 
vacated place, and said that every thing the other man 
had said was wrong ; but before he proceeded to prove 
that such was the fact, he wished to say that " he had 
the highest possible regard for the person who had just 
finished, and for the audience. Many of them were 
full of superstition," he said, " but he would eradicate 
all of that in a mighty short time." 

He was rather an unwholesome-looking individual, 
with a dingy suit of black ; the coat buttoned up to 
the neck, with not a vestige of a shirt collar. He was 
walking on the sides of his shoes, and his trowsers 
were short, which caused a display of stockings in a 



STREET PREACHING IN LONDON. 27 

doubtful state. His hat was tall, and matched his 
other apparel, and that hat contained a large hand- 
kerchief of many colors. 

His hair was thick, black and bushy, and his face of 
a peculiar color — which is owned by those classes who 
are sometimes partial to the open air at night. 

He continued his discourse by saying that he 
doubted the ancients ever sa3ang what they were 
reported to have said; but if they did ever say so, 
they were wrong ; and then he went on for some time, 
endeavoring to prove something — but what that some- 
thing was I could not tell. But he continued saying, 
that he never believed any thing unless he saw it — 
he never believed he had any money unless he had it 
in his hand or in his pocket ; and he gave his pocket a 
slap to make the coin jingle, but hearing no noise of 
that kind, he straightened himself and threw his head 
back and endeavored to prove the existence of a shirt 
collar, but after working away for several moments, 
and not being able to find it, he gave it up as a "lost 
cause," and used his handkerchief over his hair and 
face. 

He proceeded to say that all mankind had their 
origin from the lowest forms of animated nature, and 



28 STEEET PREACHING IN LONDON. 

grew like weeds; and he looked about him as if he 
expected to see several weeds, but seeing nothing so 
weedy as himself, his look became more circumscribed. 

He said that the world was perfectly flat — the 
edges might be a little round, but the top was flat, and 
he believed the bottom was flat also; for he had 
looked into the matter well, and he knew that such 
was the fact. 

In continuation, he announced the world was dis- 
appearing very fast, and, in a few years, or in a 
comparatively few years — say in two or three hundred 
thousand — would all be washed away; and, if not 
washed away, it would be destroyed by earthquakes or 
volcanoes, which would amount to the same thing. He 
now in a metaphorical sense, got into deep water and 
floundered a little ; but soon emerged, when he said 
that what he stated was as true as that he would 
have a lodging and bed that night. 

The audience now were skeptical, and he was 
desired to let some other speaker take his place. 



A PARK OWNER. 29 

m. 

A PARK OWNER. 

A YOUNG man about thirty or thirty-five years of 
age, who is always well dressed, visits the Park 
nearly every day, and walks on nearly every road, 
going rapidly, and only speaking to the workmen (who 
are always doing something, or pretending to do some- 
thing, about the place,) and to the policemen. But I 
am mistaken — for he does speak to the bare-headed, 
bare-footed little street Arabs, and sometimes he runs 
after them, as if he would drive them from the Park, 
when they climb the trees, and hang on to the railings 
or occupy the chairs. 

All these little vagabonds know him pretty well, and 
pay but little attention to him. He is in reality harm- 
less, but those who have seen him for the first time, 
might think differently. 

This young man believes himself to be the owner of 
the Park, and thinks that the policemen and workmen 
who are there are his servants, and although he permits 
persons to visit the place who behave themselves, 



30 A PARK OWNER. 

imagines that lie alone has the right, and the power to 
enforce that right, which consists in ordering carriages, 
equestrians and pedestrians to leave immediately, and 
not to come there any more. He declared his inten- 
tion, at one time, (to the policemen) of shutting the 
gates and keeping them locked, for he remarked that 
some people would walk on the grass, and others climb 
the trees, and although they did not injure his prop- 
erty, he was annoyed by them, so, to keep them out of 
his grounds, he feared that he should be compelled to 
close the gates; and exclude every one, even those 
who were well behaved. He said that he would regret 
to be compelled to take this course, because there were 
some very deserving people who visited his estate; 
but if a portion of the persons who came to his Park 
were unruly, he could not separate them from the 
better class, so to protect his trees, shrubs, flowers and 
grass, he feared that he should have to close his gates 
against all. 

The policemen finally told him that the power of 
the Government was supreme, and desired the gates to 
be opened to the people ; and if his property was 
damaged, the Government would pay for the damage. 
This pacified him for the time, but he looks at the vast 



A PARK OWNER. 31 

throng sometimes, as if lie thought they were taking 
great liberties. He never speaks to any of the visitors 
who ride or drive, or to any of the gentlemen who 
walk, for, as he thinks that he owns the finest estate in 
London, he considers himself above all others in that 
vast city. 

He will talk about the improvements he intends 
making, in a year or two. He thinks that he shall 
have the Serpentine river, (which is an elongated 
pond,) enlarged, and that he will construct a fine 
cascade or waterfall, either at one or the other end 
of the lake. 

He says that he will purchase some American 
Bisons, and have them turned loose in the largest part 
of his vacant grounds, as these animals might keep 
some of the people off of the grass. 

This person has wealthy friends who take good care 
of him ; but some one has evidently made him believe 
that he is the owner of the Park, and he does believe 
it firmly. 

Whether he will appoint a successor when he retires, 
remains to be seen. 



32 IN ROTTEN ROW. 

lY. 
IN ROTTEN ROW. 

THERE is undoubtedly a great deal of pleasure in 
riding on a very good horse in Rotten Row in the 
parliamentary season. In the first place the road is 
about the best in the world, as there has been no 
expense spared to make it perfect. It is a little over 
one mile in length, and about one hundred feet wide. 
The horses seem to enjoy traveling on the magnificent 
road, just as their riders seem to enjoy it with them. 
There is no part of England or Europe, where the 
people at large appear to enjoy themselves so well as 
they do in this place ; nor is there any part of Europe, 
where the ladies ride so well, or look better, than they 
do in the two mile road, called Rotten Row, in Hyde 
Park. 

A gentleman in London, giving his experience in 
riding, or in attempting to ride, in Rotten Row, told 
the tale of his adventure in the following manner : 

He went to a stable, to which he had been recom- 
mended, and informed one of the young men (or hoys^ 



IN ROTTEN ROW. 33 

as they are sometimes called in the stables,) that he 
wanted a good saddle horse to ride in the Park. 
While I think of it, I will state that this gentleman is 
about thirty-seven years old, about five feet ten in 
height, and a little inclined to be stout. He is univer- 
sally good natured, and universally popular. 

The stable " boy " looked at him for a moment, and 
said, " I thinks as how you might ride a good horse 
much betterer than some other gentlemen mightened 
ride a worserer hanimal." My friend had heard the 
letter H badly insulted, but had never before heard 
the Queen's English insulted in this way. He said in 
reply to the "boy" that he was sure of it — he had 
not thought of it before, but since it was mentioned, 
he knew that he was quite correct. 

He could not for the life of himself make out what 
the " boy " was trying to get at. But he continued, 
" oh yes," " certainly," " quite so," " yes indeed," 
" quite true." 

The " boy " looked very much pleased, and showed 
him to a door through which a horse was visible. 
But, as he came near, the animal gave a squeal, 
making a noise similar to the noises made by horses 
when they bite each other, and simultaneously with 
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34 m ROTTEN ROW. 

the squeal, threw up his hind foot in such a way, that 
if the proposed rider had been eight inches further to 
the right, his head would have been in some consider- 
able jeopardy. 

"What did he do that for?" asked the aspirant 
for Rotten Row. "Well, master," said the young 
reformed grammarian, " you sees as how he has white 
hind legs, and I actually thinks, as he believes he 
wears white trousers, and you observes that his legs 
are werry nice." "But," said the impatient equestrian, 
" what made him squeal in that disagreeable way ? I 
always thought horses squealed when they were angry, 
or were biting each other." 

The "boy," watchful of his master's interests, 
answered, " It has allers struck me, that when that 
horse squeals, he means to laugh, for you knows dogs 
barks when they plays, and they barks when they 
bites." 

By this time the horse was saddled and bridled, and 
looked all ready for the road. As he was led out in 
front of the stable, with his head towards the Park, 
the gentleman saw that all of the employes of the 
stables, were apparently very much pleased and inter- 
ested about something ; for they were laughing all of 



IN ROTTEN ROW. 35 

the time. He liked to see persons good-natured. 
Upon his word and honor, it was quite refreshing. He 
saw now that he had forgotten his spurs. So he asked 
for a pair. When he made this request the young 
men's mirth appeared to increase. He thought it was 
very remarkable that people should laugh because he 
asked for a pair of spurs. Almost everybody wore 
spurs, in Rotten Row. 

At length, one of the young men came forward, and 
said, " I think, sir, that you will do better without 
spurs, as the horse is sometimes a trifle ticklish." 

One man stood on one side of the animal, holding 
one rein, and another stood directly on the other side, 
holding the other, while the " boy " helped the gentle- 
man into the saddle. 

The first thing the horse did, when the top of the 
saddle was reached, was to stand upon his hind legs. 
Then he changed and stood on his fore legs ; and next 
he endeavored to elevate all of his feet at one time ; 
but, not being able to do this, suddenly elevated his 
back, like the back of a camel, and at about the same 
time stood on his fore legs. 

Our friend now withdrew from the horse^ and pro- 
ceeded in front, about twenty feet in the direction of 
the Park. 



36 IN KOTTEN KOW. 

He had been a little unfortunate in withdrawing 
from the horse, for he had fallen, and in doing so he 
had nearly separated one leg of his trowsers from the 
remaining portion ; his hat was damaged, and he had 
left behind one of the skirts of his coat, which was 
hanging to the saddle. He had also found the road 
quite dusty. 

He went to the proprietor of the horse, and told him 
that he had concluded not to ride in Rotten Row that 
day, but when he did resolve to do so, would inform 
him a day or two before, if he should wish to ride one 
of his horses. So that the animal could be all ready 
for him when he arrived at the stable. 

He frankly admits that he has never regretted the 
absence of the spars. 

****** 

There is a gentleman whose age is quite uncertain, 
but he is known to the oldest visitor of Hyde Park. 
He is a fine looking man ; his clothes are of the best 
quality, and of the most approved style. About five 
years ago his hair and whiskers ^were black as black 
can be. He disappeared for a few months, and people 
were afraid that this patriarch had left the Park of 
life. 



IN ROTTEN ROW. 37 

When he reappeared, his hair and whiskers were 
perfectly white. 

No one knows how old he is, but some say that he 
was old when Tyburn tree was abolished, which was 
over sixty years ago. If he was old at that time, he 
must be now over one hundred and twenty years of 
age. But people are sometimes mistaken in regard to 
ages. 

When this gentleman walks in the Park he gets into 
the very thickest part of the crowd, and if there are 
comparatively few to notice him, then he goes in a 
path where there are no persons. 

It is either one thing or the other with him, and no 
half-way work. In one respect he is like all semi- 
lunatics, and will not speak to any one if he can avoid 
doing so. 

He is wealthy, very kind and charitable, almost to a 
fault — if that can be. 



38 OUT OF DOOR ECCENTRICS. 

V. 

OUT OF DOOR ECCENTRICS. 

WHEN there are large numbers occupying the seats 
by the paths in Rotten Row, a gentleman of 
middle age, and dressed in the usual mode, with a 
single eye-glass of unusual size, walks by the lines of 
ladies and gentlemen, and removing his hat — bows 
in the most approved fashion ; and, smiling as he does 
so, sometimes remarks on the fine weather, and 
other interesting topics. After he has gone through 
the lines and reviewed them completely he departs. 
His friends keep him at home, as much as possible ; 
but he will sometimes get away from them, — and 
then goes directly to Hyde Park ; remaining there 
for one or two hours. He makes his appearance irregu- 
larly, by sometimes once in a week, or once in a 
fortnight. 

Another middle-aged gentleman is occasionally seen 
in the most frequented parts of Hyde Park, who 
attracts more attention than any of the remarkable 
persons. 



OUT OF DOOR ECCENTRICS. 39 

He is a little under the medium size ; and is the 
most perfect combination of the gentleman and the vaga- 
bond that can be possibly imagined. His walk and 
manners are like those of the most finished gentleman 
in London or Paris ; but it would be difficult to find 
in either place a more partially ragged individual. 

His coat, or coats, for he wears two ; — the under 
one being buttoned, and the outside one not, so as to 
display the inside coat, — are masses of rags, and it 
would be hard to say which of the two was the most 
ragged. 

His trowsers are better ; but one leg reaches to the 
ground and the other has worn off nearly half way to 
the knee, — leaving the end rather uneven and uninvi- 
ting in appearance. His boots are always good and well 
polished, and his hat is in the same good condition. 
He wears good gloves, which fit as if they were made 
to order by a Parisian glover. His beard is of the 
style which is cultivated by the upper classes, and, as 
well as his hair, is always in the best condition. 

This queer person is said to be well connected, and 
well off in every way. Some of his high relatives have 
offended him, and he has taken this extraordinary 
course to shame and annoy them. Persons in carriages, 



40 OUT OF DOOR ECCENTRICS. 

on horseback and on foot, bow to him, and he 
returns the bow in a style which could not be 
excelled by a Duke. This extraordinary way he has 
been known to follow for nearly one-half of his life, 
and will probably continue in the same way during 
the remainder of it. 

Sometimes he changes his clothes, but the new suit 
is a little more ragged than the old one, and it is a 
wonder to every one, where he obtains these clothes. 
He must have a process only known to himself of 
reducing ordinary clothes to rags, or else he has made 
a contract with a paper mill or an old clothes shop, to 
supply him with his wardrobe. If ever this gentleman 
should be in reduced circumstances, he might hire 
himself to a rag shop, for a sign or for a sort of figure- 
head to that institution. 

There is a retired physician, who sometimes, but 
rarely, walks in Kensington Gardens, — adjoining Hyde 
Park, who is rather in an advanced age, but in good 
health, walking easily and firmly. 

He wears black tight-fitting trowsers, and high top 
boots, and he invariably wears a fox-skin cap with the 
tail of the fox hanging down behind. He is a very 
modest man, of quiet appearance, who, when he sees 



OUT OF DOOR ECCENTRICS. 41 

people who are looking at him, blushes, — hurries 
forward, and is very much embarrassed. 

He clings to his fox-skin cap with the tail, and to 
his top boots. Once he was compelled to appear as a 
witness, in some law Court in the City, and when he 
entered the Court room there was a considerable 
laughter at his appearance; and he was more embar- 
rassed than ever. He wore his cap until he was 
desired to remove it, which he did with some reluct- 
ance. A few years ago he had a good practice, but 
something went wrong with him, and he has avoided 
society since he gave up his profession. 

Another person is drawn, on a Bath chair, over the 
walks in the Park, by a servant in livery. This person 
is a young man, thirty years old, unable to walk from 
paralysis, or from some complaint depriving him of the 
use of his limbs. 

His face is painted as white as the face of a clown in 
a circus, or a pantomime, and his eyebrows and eye- 
lashes, are daubed with some black material, which, 
contrasting with the white on his face, — gives him a 
very strange and rather a hideous look. Every police- 
man he sees he insists on shaking by the hand, 
and telling them that they must be sure to call at his 
residence. 



42 OUT OF DOOR ECCENTRICS. 

He thinks that the policemen are great men and 
have entire control of the Government, and as he is 
somewhat ambitious, hopes by their means to obtain 
a high position for himself. This person, in passing 
over the walks near Rotten Row, frequently raises his 
hat, when ladies are near, and bows and smiles, as if 
the ladies were his most intimate friends. 

He, with his chair and servant in livery, travels over 
the entire part of England, — visiting all of the best 
watering-places in the summer, and Bath and Chelten- 
ham in the winter. His face is always painted white, 
and his eyebrows and lashes are covered with black 
material; nothing can induce him to arrange his 
appearance in a more rational manner. 



THEATRICALS EXTRAORDINARY. 43 

YI. 
THEATRICALS EXTRAORDINARY. 

MADAME BERNHARDT has finished her season 
in London — having been well patronized. Few 
English people who saw her, understand French, for, as 
a class — they have no inclination for that language. 
An old English gentleman in a restaurant in Paris — 
asked a waiter for an English newspaper — speaking 
in Anglo-French, and the waiter replied, "yes, sur; 
what paper, sur?" When the English tourists go to the 
Continent with their bundles of canes and umbrellas, 
thick boots, field glasses, and long veils, they should 
take their language also with them, excepting — the 
letter A, which might be safely stowed away at home, 
until they return to the land of Southdowns. 

If Madame Bernhardt goes to America, ^she will be 
well received, and well patronized, and her visit will 
be pleasant and remunerative. 

In a town in the north of England, a few years ago, 
a shoemaker forsook the last of the temple of St. 
Crispin, for his first and last appearance at the temple 



44 THEATRICALS EXTRAORDINARY. 

of St. Thespis. He was a small, miserable, half-starved 

looking person, with a falsetto voice, beginning with a 

bass and ending with a soprano. The play was " The 

Lady of the Lake," and he was James Fitz James. In 

the first scene was the hero near the bold cliffs of the 

Trosachs with Loch Katrine near by, and his horse 

dead : — 

" Woe worth tlie chase, woe worth the day, 
That cost thy life, my gallant gray." 

Then he attempted to blow his horn, but the instru- 
ment would not toot ; and he was relieved by the 
orchestra. Pretty soon the Lady of the Lake made her 
appearance, and he 

" Stood concealed amid the brake, to view this Lady of the Lake. " 

As the boat came near it suddenly stopped, and Ellen 
came very near being upset. She was undoubtedly very 
angry, and looked as if she could have smashed the 
little skiff, and everything connected with it. She was 
a firm, healthy-looking damsel : — 

" What though the sun, with ardent frown, 
Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown," — 

At any rate, Ellen looked as if the mountain air 
agreed with her. 

" What though upon her speech there hung 
The accents of the mountain tongue." 



THEATRICALS EXTRAORDINARY. 45 

James Fitz James accompanies the fair Ellen to the 
rustic bower, where he remained sometime, but when 
he wanted to leave the bower he could not find the 
door, and hunted around for it. When he found it he 
could not open it, and finally gave a knock, and it was 
opened from the other side. Poor Blanche of Devon 
appeared shot by an arrow ; and after Fitz James had 
"finished" Murdoch of Alpine, which he did after 
some sharp running, with considerable clattering and 
noise of broadswords. Red Murdoch was large enough 
to take up James and carry him off, but he kindly went 
down at the right time, and the hero returns to assist 
Blanche. 

" She sate beneath the birchen tree, 
Her elbow resting on her knee ; " 

She was a lady weighing apparently fifteen stone, and 
she and Fitz James had forgotten their parts, for she 
threw herself into his arms — and he, unable to support 
her weight and bulk, dropped her to the ground — 
when she gave the hero a look which made him tremble. 
James Fitz James finally encounters the terrible 
Roderick Dhu, and when several heads appear at 
Roderick's whistling, he flourished his sword in a new 
way and said, 



46 THEATRICALS EXTRAORDINARY. 

*' Come one, come hall ; this rock shall fly 
From hits firm base has soon has hi," 

his voice underwent several changes during this warlike 
challenge. Roderick was a tremendous fellow, evidently 
well acquainted with Southdown mutton, Yorkshire 
hams, and Devonshire cream — if he did live in Scot- 
land. After the combat with the swords, when Roderick 
caught James by the throat he choked him well, and 
James twisted and squirmed like a little serpent, until 
Roderick fainted, and when James Fitz James recovered 
his sword, it seemed at first as if he would have hit 
him on the head several times to pay him oif for the 
choking. When James Fitz James attends fair Ellen 
in his place, the former shows considerable embarrass- 
ment, for a King in his own palace, when 

" To him each lady's look was lent. 
Midst furs, and silks, and jewels sheen, 
He stood in simple Lincoln green." 

Malcolm was the best actor, and the best-looking 
person on the stage, and the King was evidently jealous 
of him, and drew the chain of gold rather tight. 

*' Then gently drew the glittering band, 
And laid the clasp on Ellen's hand." 

The curtain here descended. 



A MUSEUM VISITOR. 47 

VII. 
A MUSEUM VISITOR. 

THERE is a man in London who is more eccen- 
tric than any other person mentioned in these 
sketches. He is apparently fifty years old, under the 
medium height, and very slim. 

I have seen him at various times for a number of 
years, and he always looks the same as he did when I 
first saw him. 

Winter and summer he wears a very heavy, black 
overcoat, rather the worse for use, trowsers of the 
same color of the coat, more worn than the latter, and 
a hat in a worse state thaji either, which was drawn 
down to his neck behind, and brought his ears out 
beyond the narrow brim, giving him an appearance 
entirely different from any other human being. 

His heavy boots are of the style known in England 
as that which never wear out, but are worn by one 
person during his life and then taken up by another, 
and so on until they are burned up or lost. 

The first time that I saw this partially shabby- 



48 A MUSEUM VISITOR. 

genteel man, was when I was in the British Museum, 
ten years ago. I was looking at the fine collection of 
stuffed birds — the best that I ever saw — when I 
heard a loud sound, as if some fair-sized cart horse was 
travelling over the floor, and, as the noise approached, 
I heard a voice saying, in rather a sharp tone : "Birds, 
parrots, ducks, eagles," etc. And this man appeared 
walking very fast — almost at a run — making a terrible 
noise with his boots, and every thing in the Museum 
that he saw and had time to name rapidly, he did. 
He walked rapidly through every room in the Museum, 
and never ceased his private conversation.* 

"When he had finished his tour of inspection, he 
rushed out of the building into the street, and went 
onward at a very fast walk for a man. 

The next time that I saw him, was in Victoria Park, 
some months afterwards, with the same clothes, and 
walking at the same rate of speed. He was now 
accompanied by a dog of the cur order, which at one 
time might have been of the size of a good-sized fox 
hound, but care and want had apparently reduced 
his size. 

* Atjthob's Note. — He came to some antiquities and said, 
"mummy, sarcophagus," etc. 



A MUSEUM VISITOR. 49 

This dog, like his master, had no feeling of friend- 
ship for any of his fellow beings. As he followed his 
master, he would first raise one hind leg, and then 
after resting the leg for a few moments, would drop it 
to the ground and raise the other, and so he continued 
to do, until he disappeared with his master. 

As the dog's master passed the seat which I occu- 
pied, at his usual pace, he said, " Grass, trees, flowers, 
benches," etc., until I could no longer hear his voice. 
When he visits Parks and all out of door places, he is 
accompanied by his dog ; but when he visits Museums, 
galleries, or the inside of any buildings, he leaves his 
dog at home. I once saw him in St. Paul's, when he 
was going at his usual pace ; but suddenly he stopped 
and pulling a piece of paper from his pocket, he began 
to make figures with a pencil, and as he did so he 
muttered : " Nineteen from eleven leaves six ; fifty 
goes into twenty-seven twice and one to carry ; aught 
added to aught makes twenty five;" and then having 
finished his arithmetical calculations, he thrust the 
paper and pencil into his pocket and rushed for the 
street. 

I had not seen this gentleman for a long time ; had 
lost sight of him in fact. But one evening in the 
3 



50 A MUSEUM VISITOR. 

early autumn, as I was standing near the Serpentine, I 
heard a heavy, quick walk, followed by a sharp, quick 
voice, and immediately I knew what was coming. As 
the pedestrian pilgrim passed at his swiftest pace, he 
said, " Serpentine, swans, fish ; " and on he went, 
almost leaping in his quick retreat from the Park. 
The dog was close to his heels, neither looking to the 
right nor to the left, but just raising one leg and then 
the other, with a little more rapidity of motion, and 
rather more often than he did when I last saw him, 
and with such a wretched, sad, downcast, starved 
look, that I always think of him whenever I see a 
dog of his size. 

There is a gentleman, apparently infirm in body, 
who, in the most pleasant part of the year, is drawn in 
a bath-chair, by a servant in livery, while another 
servant, also in livery, walks by his side. I should 
suppose the gentleman to be in age about sixty years. 
He is rather large, well dressed, and he would not 
attract any person or repel them, by his appearance. 
But he always has six dogs tied to his chair, with 
cords, each about six feet long. Each dog represents 
his tribe, with the exception of one, who is a cur. 



A MUSEUM VISITOR. 51 

One day, as this gentleman was taking Ms custo- 
mary airing, those dogs, (severally of the grayhound, 
terrier, pug. King Charles, poodle and cur tribes,) got 
somewhat entangled in the cords by which they were 
led. Some of them wished to go forward, some back- 
ward, and some were determined to go crossways. 
They became rather confused, and the cur began to 
bark. As soon as he made this disagreeable noise, 
every dog in the pack followed his example, and very 
soon other dogs near, hearing the noise, also began to 
bark and to hurry to the scene of the uproar. As 
fresh dogs arrived, they naturally wished to know the 
cause of the commotion; but not being properly 
informed, became angry, and thought they would 
annihilate the entire lot. Then began a series of 
barkings, growlings, bowlings and yelpings, as were 
not often heard there or in any other place. Most of 
the dogs became entangled in the leading strings 
which were fastened to the vehicle, and it required 
several policeman and laborers to separate the animals, 
and to place the pets in their customary positions. 

Five or six years ago, two poor Frenchmen had a 
dancing bear which they were leading around London. 



52 A MUSEUM VISITOR. 

They would stop in a street near the corner of a great 
thoroughfare, and one of the Frenchmen would play a 
violin and the bear would dance — going through 
extraordinary movements — sometimes jumping nearly 
fifteen feet, jingling the bells around his neck, and 
growling in a very disagreeable way at the same time. 
When I saw him, it was nearly night, and he had 
climbed to the top of a lamp-post, and had opened the 
door to the light, or broken the glass. He put his 
nose to the light, which burnt him in a miserable 
manner, for he bellowed in a terrific voice, dropping to 
the ground, first standing on his head, and then upon 
his hind legs, and rubbing his nose with his fore paw. 
Several women and children were badly frightened, 
and horses would not come any where near the animal. 
Policemen tried to arrest the owners of the bear ; but 
he turned on them, and they ran for dear life, the bear 
taking their clubs in many instances, and giving them 
to his masters. It seemed at one time, that it would 
require an entire police force to arrest the bear and his 
masters ; but finally a rope with a noose was thrown 
over the animal and he was secured, and his masters 
were arrested. 



THE DESERTED ROOM. 53 

YIII. 

THE DESERTED ROOM. 

r"pEN years ago an old gentleman often visited 
JL Rotten Row, in a carriage drawn by a single 
horse, which was driven by a middle-aged man, 
dressed in a plain way, and entirely without the dis- 
tinctive marks which usually accompany persons in his 
position. The proprietor of the carriage was a fine- 
looking man, and would, by any one, be classed as a 
person belonging to the extreme upper classes. 

This gentleman would be driven into the main road 
for carriages, where the coachman would stop. The 
master would then leave the carriage, and, after walk- 
ing and sitting for an hour or more, would enter his 
carriage and leave the Park. 

He was seen to converse with persons of nearly his 
age and apparent position, who were conversant with 
his history. 

A tale told by a number of persons may, like the 
scene of a drama, become impaired by time ; but, by 
being repainted by new artists, the old scenery looks 



54 THE DESERTED ROOM. 

as well as it did when it was new. Some people are 
particular in describing the localities when any event 
of importance occurs, and the house and room were 
well known for a long time where an interesting event 
occurred. 

For about fifty years there was a house in the olden 
part of London, which (with the exception of one 
room in the front second story), was always occupied ; 
but that room, by the order of the owner of the house, 
was to be kept closed, and no one to enter it, or 
attempt to do so, either from the inside or from the 
outside of the dwelling. These commands were 
obeyed, and he who gave them was the old gentle- 
man with the one-horse carriage and driver, who some- 
times visited Hyde Park. 

This gentleman had been left, at an early age, with- 
out parents or relations, but with a number of ware- 
houses and dwelling-houses, and a good supply of 
ready money. He was good-looking, sensible and 
well-educated; and was of good birth, wealthy, of 
good abilities and popular. Combining all of these 
advantages, it would appear to persons of the past and 
of the present time that he could have been surpassed 
by very few young men in London, or in England. 



THE DESERTED ROOM. 55 

When lie came into the possession of his property, 
he employed a respectable old lady for a housekeeper. 
She was occasionally visited by a young and a very 
beautiful lady, who had lived in a family where the 
old lady had been an upper servant or housekeeper; 
and the younger person, as was perfectly natural, when 
she was on good terms with the older one, would some- 
times come and have a nice, quiet chat with her old 
friend. 

This young lady was entirely without relations or 
fortune, and with very few acquaintances among those 
of her own sex. She was well-educated and accom- 
plished, and possessed a large amount of firmness, self- 
esteem and self-reliance. Her guardian or instructor 
must have trained her well, for she always managed to 
be ahead of every one of her own sex that she came in 
contact with. 

She taught French, Italian and music, which gave 
her a good income, and enabled her to gratify her 
tastes for dress, and occasionally take short tours on 
the Continent, and to the favorite places of resort in 
England. 

Whenever she came into a drawing-room, or in any 
place where ladies and gentlemen were assembled, the 



56 THE DESERTED ROOM. 

ladies (irrespective of position) had to stand aside 
and take a back seat, while the better part of the male 
portion would hover around, and the smaller portion 
would only look at her with admiration. In regard to 
the female part of the company, she cared no more for 
them than she did for her pupils, and not, in reality, so 
much ; for she lived out of her pupils, and knew that 
she must praise and conciliate them, whether they were 
stupid or not. 

Can any one blame this person for her independent 
ways, when she knew that there was not a single lady 
in England or on the Continent, that she had met, who 
would not hesitate for a moment to crush her, as they 
would a venomous insect, under their feet? It was 
not her fault if men left their elder lady acquaintances 
and came to her ; for she might wear a dress entirely 
out of fashion, and it would be the same with the men 
who would follow her ; and it was not to be wondered 
at that they did so, for she was evidently above any 
young lady whom they met. 

The owner of the house, when this young lady came 
to see his housekeeper, gave the old lady permission to 
receive her visitors in the drawing-room of the second 
floor front ; and even insisted that she should do so, as 



THE DESERTED ROOM. 57 

she was a gentlewoman, if she was a housekeeper, and 
those who called to visit her were people who were 
worthy of being received in the drawing-room. 

One day this gentleman entered the drawing-room 
when the young lady was there, and, of course, was 
introduced to her, and in a few days was engaged to be 
married to her ; the proposal being made and accepted 
in that drawing-room. 

The gentleman was undoubtedly very much attached 
to the young lady, but it always appeared to him that 
she was not entirely satisfied with the contract, and 
when the day was to be named for the marriage cere- 
mony, that she hesitated, and finally named the day 
in an indifferent manner. 

The appointed day having arrived, and the ceremony 
having been completed, the bride and her husband, 
with the invited guests, assembled in the drawing- 
room, in which the breakfast had been laid out. The 
bride afterwards appeared in her traveling dress, ready 
for the usual tour on the Continent. 

About this time a young man of a foreign appear- 
ance was looking in the direction of the room in the 
second story. He was looking intently, with a sad 
but sometimes savage expression of countenance. His 



58 THE DESERTED ROOM. 

dress was of good materials, but was certainly not in 
a good condition, as it was from head to foot spotted 
with mud. He wore top boots and spurs, as if he 
had recently dismounted from a horse — which he had 
probably done, as railways were not then known. He 
looked like one who had ridden for a long distance 
without rest, and for some great purpose, arriving too 
late, and being weary, sad, ill and disappointed, he may 
have felt and looked a little savage. 

Probably at that time he was disgusted with life, 
and, although he has been described as rather tall and 
very handsome, he could not at that time have been 
very attractive in appearance. 

The bride, as she was drawing on her gloves, looked 
into the street and started back with a slight scream, 
but in almost a moment turned to the guests, and said, 
" Look there, do you see that man ? he is the only one 
that I love, or have loved, or ever can love ; " and 
then she almost tore the chain from her neck, the 
bracelets from her arms, and the rings from her fingers, 
and taking some keys from her pocket, dashed them 
with the jewelry on the table, and turning to her hus- 
band said, " In my boxes you will find everything you 
have given me." Without waiting for a reply, she 



THE DESERTED ROOM. 59 

rushed from the room, down the stairs, and into the 
street. When she ran to the young man, he started 
back with a look first of surprise, and soon of pleas- 
ure. She caught him by the hand, and it seemed as if 
she would have thrown her arms around his neck, but 
she was too discreet to make too great a scene at that 
time and place. 

A cab was near at the right time, when she called to 
the driver, and opening the door, partly pushed the 
young man into it, and then, with a few hurried words 
to the driver, entered the vehicle, which was driven 
rapidly away. Since that time it has never been 
known where this determined lady and her companion 
went, where they lived, or whether they may now be 
living. 

The forsaken husband turned to his guests, (who 
were stupefied with wonder,) saying, "My friends — if 
I may call all of you so, (and he looked at his house- 
keeper, who turned pale, trembled and looked down- 
wards,) in this room I have been the most happy and 
wretched person who has ever entered it, and from this 
day no human being shall enter it during my life." 

The guests soon departed, and the door leading to 
the room was securely fastened. Everything, inclu- 



60 THE DESERTED ROOM. 

ding the table with its contents, was left in the room, 
and the blinds were left as they were when they were 
partially drawn by the young bride when she saw her 
adored standing on the pavement in the street, and 
with that look which can only be possessed by a 
disappointed man. 

The house was always occupied with the exception 
of that one room, but the owner lived there no more, 
and rarely saw the house, or even went into the street 
where it was situated. 

As may be supposed, the house with the deserted 
room was a curiosity for several years, but in fifty 
years great changes take place. About nine years ago 
a fire consumed three houses, including the house with 
the deserted room, in the old part of London. 



SWELLS AND CANINES. 61 

IX. 

SWELLS AND CANINES. 

THERE are two young gentlemen who are insepara- 
rable companions. One may be alone for a short 
time, but the other is sure to find him, to the mutual 
satisfaction of both. 

They are considerably under the medium size, and 
dress enough alike to be taken for twins, if their 
features were not entirely opposed to each other. The 
mouth of one is nearly on one side of his face, as if it 
was trying to reach his ear, while the mouth of the 
other is in front, but it takes a diagonal direction, as 
if it was dissatisfied with the line across, and was 
endeavoring to reach the perpendicular. These young 
gentlemen walk, drive and ride ; in either amusement 
always wearing lemon colored gloves, and flowers 
fastened to their coats. They are seen at the opera, 
theatres, and every other place of amusement. I 
once saw them in Switzerland. 

They do not appear to have any lady acquaintances ; 
but at the Opera make frequent use of their glasses ; 



62 SWELLS AND CANINES. 

and very rarely fail to applaud at the right time, but, 
if they should make such a mistake, the speed with 
which the opera glasses are passed to their eyes, re- 
moves the greater part of their embarrassment. 

Both of these young persons sometimes adopt the 
style of languid swells, and their manners and way of 
speaking are very entertaining. 

One fine morning one of them was on horseback in 
Rotten Row, where he was soon joined by the other, 
who said, " Wery good morning Hawvy. I did not see 
you at the opawa last night." 

The other replied, "Well no, you see, I wasn't 
there, you know, because I dined at seven, you know ; 
and I couldn't go, you see." Then these two leaders 
of society rode on. 

It is hardly rational to think that these two friends 
can always be friendly and loving to each other ; like 
birds in their little nests agreeing, including the doves. 

All of these birds do not always agree, for I have 
seen some wretched fights among them. A very few 
creatures in the world always agree, for such has never 
been the state of affairs, and it is rather late in the 
day for a change. 

Sometime ago, these loving young persons procured 



SWELLS AND CANINES. 63 

a couple of dogs, one of them a greyhound, the other 
a large animal of no particular race. One day in the 
autumn, when the visitors to the Park were few, these 
gentlemen, with their dogs, were walking in one of 
the paths, when a misunderstanding occurred with the 
dogs, which ended by the larger one making an 
attempt as if to devour the other ! The two friends 
interfering, for a short time, were not friends, but 
their dogs were separated, and they all were reconciled. 



64 FRENCH PEOPLE. 



FRENCH PEOPLE. 

THE people in England are grieved by the untimely 
death of the Prince Imperial, and by the inglori- 
ous manner in which his life was sacrificed. A large 
number of all classes, blame the officer, who, as it is 
reported, had charge of the party and the Prince, at 
the time of the sad occurrence. 

Others tliink that the Prince himself was to blame 
for exposing himself in such a useless way; some 
think that he should not have been allowed to go on 
such an irregular expedition, and others say he ought 
not to have gone to South Africa, at all. 

The last opinion is probably the most rational one, 
and will in course of time, be the opinion of every 
one, who has an opinion of his own, and is not afraid 
to express it. 

The ex-Empress is receiving general sympathy, and 
the memory of the ill-fated young man will be 
respected for her sake; for the respect that the people 
of England had for his father ; and, it may be, for the 



FRENCH PEOPLE. 65 

admiration they have for the talents that his great 
uncle possessed; who was once feared, rather more 
than admired. 

Whatever may have been the defects of the first 
Napoleon in a moral point of view, all must admit 
that uniting in one man the qualities of a general, a 
man of business, and a ruler, he was the greatest that 
the world ever saw, and it will not be very rash to say 
that no Bonaparte will ever attempt to even emulate 
the first Napoleon. 

There was some controversy a few years ago, about 
the manner of Napoleon's treatment at St. Helena. 
Opinion was, of course, divided, but many thought he 
had been treated well; some thought he had been 
treated as well as he deserved; some said a good deal 
better, while a few quietly said that he did not receive 
the treatment that a great, but unfortunate man should 
have received in a similar situation. 

Undoubtedly a large number of people in England 
regret that the Government of sixty-four years ago, 
did not allow the wife, or any of Napoleon's relations 
or friends to accompany him in his exile, some of 
them to remain with him for a short time, for he was 
almost alone, and the contemplation of his situation 
4 



66 FRENCH PEOPLE. 

preyed on his mind, while a painful disease, created 
by months of inactivity, preyed upon his body. He 
was almost chained to a rock, the world above gave 
him no ray of hope, and the sea which surrounded 
him, brought him no tidings of comfort ; while his life 
was ebbing away. 

There is a portion of history of the heathen mytho- 
logy, which seems applicable to Napoleon's situation at 
St. Helena. 

Jupiter was the supreme god of the Roman Pagan 
world, and all things, animate and inanimate, were 
supposed to exist by his wilL Mercury was the deity 
who was delegated by Jupiter to convey those who 
were condemned to the Infernal regions. Prometheus 
excelled all of the others in knowledge, and was the 
one who made images of clay, formed like men, and 
to animate them into things of life, procured celes- 
tial fire, which was applied to the images, and they 
became living souls. 

Jupiter was informed of the act of Prometheus, and 
sent Mercury to hurl him from Heaven. Mercury 
obeyed the order of his superior, and Prometheus, by 
the commands of Jupiter, was chained to a rock on 
the sea shore, and there was left to be devoured by 
vultures. 



FRENCH PEOPLE. 67 

Jupiter saw with pleasure the blood-stained body 
and bloody sweat of his rival, and heard with delight 
his death cries of agony. 

Prometheus had been insulted, tortured and mur- 
dered, and his name was forever erased from the books 
of the Pagan Heaven. 

The screaming of the ravenous birds, in their 
horrible banquet, and the moaning of the sad sea 
waves, were his only requiem. 

Justice, according to the laws of the gods, was 
satisfied; revenge was satiated, and Jupiter reigned 
without a rival. 

If the people of France wish to maintain their 
republic, they should abolish titles, for a monarchical 
republic, and a republican monarchy, cannot perma- 
nently exist. 

France claims to be a first-class republic, and at the 
same time there are persons in that republic who call 
themselves Dukes, Counts, Princes, etc., and their 
titles are recognized by nearly all of the Republicans ! 



68 THE ENGLISH. 



XI. 

THE ENGLISH. 

OME of the people here say that England is a 



.^ 



*^ republican monarchy. England is no such thing, 
for the Queen is an hereditary sovereign, and the 
members of the House of Lords are hereditary legisla- 
tors, and also are possessed of considerable power, 
which they can use, when they think proper to do so. 

The Princess of Wales drives in the Park, (during 
the greater part of the parlimentary season,) every day. 
In the morning from twelve to two she drives a beauti- 
ful pair of iron gray horses, harnessed to a phaeton, is 
accompanied by a lady-friend, and very often she rides 
in the afternoon. She also rides on horseback, some- 
times in the morning. The Prince of Wales is often 
seen riding in the Park, or in Rotten Row ; which is 
all the same, and all members of the Royal family 
ride and drive in the Park, as much, or probably more, 
than those who are not royal. 

The family carriages of the members of the Royal 
family, are like those used in New York, and other 



THE ENGLISH. 69 

American cities, but the coachmen and footmen wear 
liveries far more showy than are seen in the American 
cities, with the addition of powdered hair, sometimes 
white wigs curled like those of the judges, and of law- 
yers who are Queen's counsel. Sometimes when the 
Queen arrives or departs from Buckingham Palace, 
generally accompanied by the Princess Beatrice — 
her carriage is drawn by four horses with outriders, 
and escorted by a portion of the guards on horseback. 
But her Majesty does not reside in London, for three 
weeks, during the entire year. 

The old palace of Hampton Court, which was built 
by Cardinal Woolsey during the reign of Henry the 
Eighth, is occupied by titled families, who have been 
unfortunate in a monetary point of view, and are 
allowed to occupy the Palace free of rent. They 
endeavor to make the same show as others who have 
the necessary amount of money to procure the luxuries 
of life, but the attempt is evidently a failure. 

A short time ago, a lady with the title of Viscountess, 
who was very poor, and supported herself by making 
clothes for a tailor, was by her friends placed in a 
comfortable condition. She had supported herself in 
this way for a number of years, until she was taken ill. 



70 THE ENGLISH. 

and being over seventy years of age ; was found in a 
starving condition. 

It is true that people who are in distress, can always 
be relieved at the work-houses, but there' are people who 
will starve, rather than to so humiliate themselves. 

Three years ago in London, or three years from last 
winter, two sisters were found in a miserable room, 
dead — with no fire, food or bed in the room. They 
were known to be entirely destitute, and were urged 
to go to a work-house, but refused, and being unable 
to obtain work as needle-women, preferred to starve, 
rather than in any way to beg. 

The asylums for the poor or for those who cannot 
procure work, and for those who are unable to work, 
do a great deal of good, and some harm, as there are 
persons who will not work, as long as they can live 
without the same, and be supported by the Government, 
It is true that most of the asylums for the poor, compel 
the inmates to do some kind of work, but the products 
of their labors are not of much use to any one. 

An old man was found in a work-house last winter, 
who was born there, married there, and had several of 
his children born there. 

It is very evident that if there were not so many of 



THE ENGLISH. 71 

these institutions, the poor would emigrate and support 
themselves in some other countries, and become inde- 
pendent. 

A large number of persons in England are brought 
very low by the whiskey and gin which they drink; 
and a great many spend more for drink than they do 
for bread, meat and other necessaries ; and by follow- 
ing this habit for a few years, become unfit for every 
kind of work, and end their lives in the poor-houses. 

The drinking establishments are in every part of 
London, by thousands, and women drink as well as 
men, and sometimes the children do the same. The 
beer and stout that they drink may not do them much 
harm, but some of the whiskey and gin is the vilest 
stuff that has ever been made in any country, since 
they were first made. 

Brewers and distillers make large fortunes, and 
sometimes make good use of their money. Sometimes, 
undoubtedly, the distillers make good spirits; but if 
the reports are true, the greater part of what is sold in 
the ordinary drinking shops in London, is unfit for use, 
and those who use it, show by their looks that it is 
killing them. The same, but not to the same extent^ 
can be said of those who use to excess a better quality 
of the same. 



72 THE ENGLISH. 

The people here say that the weather is so cold, 
rainy and uncertain, that they require stimulants, and 
must have them. It may be that beer and porter are 
beneficial to them, for both are said to be generally 
unadulterated, and the brewers are well-known and 
popular men. 

****** 

Since the Americans have sent fresh beef to this 
country, there is great complaint that the butchers 
charge the same for it that they do for the best 
English and Scotch beef, and thus wrong the people 
by this unfair course. 

The people have been informed by the dealers in 
meat, that beef is sold at prices which vary according 
to the quality, and according to the law of supply and 
demand. If American beef is as good or better than 
other beef, it will be sold at the same, or better prices, 
than other beef sells for. 

American cotton brings a better price than the 
cotton of other countries, because it is better, and 
the same rule will apply to beef and all other necessa- 
ries of life. 

The farmers in England are having the most severe 



THE ENGLISH. 73 

trials they ever had. The wheat and hay crops are 
entire failures, owing to months of wet weather. 
They cannot raise oxen, sheep and pigs at remunera- 
tive prices, are behind in paying their rents, and do 
not know what to do, for the future appears to them 
as discouraging as the present. No one, not living 
here, can have the most remote idea of the farmers' 
troubles. 

I saw a letter from a farmer who lives in the west of 

England, and after speaking of his great troubles, ends 

his letter by hoping that the powers above would help 

the English farmers, for they can not help themselves. 

****** 

It is quite probable that the emigration to the 
Colonies, and to the United States, from England, will 
be very large for several years ; and it would be much 
larger, if the poorer classes could raise enough money 
to pay for their passages to any country beyond the 
seas. 



74 A BATCH OF ARTISANS. 

XII. 
A BATCH OF ARTISANS. 

NEAR the roads for the carriages and equestrians, 
and by the walks in Hyde Park, is a large num- 
ber of benches, which may be occupied free, and are 
generally filled when the visitors to the Park are in 
great numbers. 

Seated on one of these benches were five men, who, 
by their dress and conversation, would be classed as 
belonging to the order known in America as mechan- 
ics, but here are sometimes called artisans. If a man 
here is a blacksmith, carpenter, or a bricklayer, he is a 
mechanic; but if he is engaged in finer work, he is an 
artisan. I confess that it is rather difficult for me (to 
use a familiar expression) to draw the line — about as 
difficult as to explain why a servant who drives horses 
should be called a driver^ and when his master takes 
the reins, that the latter should become a whip. The 
latter is a mystery to all people — who are not English. 

The five persons on the bench may have belonged 
to the artisan class, but it is my opinion that they 



A BATCH OF ARTISANS. 75 

belonged to the order of mechanics. One of them, 
who was called Jones, was explaining to the others the 
principles of a very remarkable contrivance, where a 
man, by placing one of his fingers on a lever, could 
raise a body weighing one hundred tons or more, as 
easily as a man could raise a pewter pint pot of porter 
to his lips, and said that this great machine was the 
invention of himself, and of no one else. 

Three of the party seemed to be very much inter- 
ested about the elevator, when the pint of porter was 
mentioned, and looked, and probably thought, that 
they would have no objection to make a trial, at that 
time, of the elevator and the porter — provided that 
each one of them could have before him a pint pot of 
porter, and to be allowed to elevate the porter before 
testing the wonderful powers of the great labor-saving 
machine. 

One of them remarked that if Mr. Jones could per- 
fect his invention, and secure himself by the necessary 
patent, his fortune would be made in a very short time. 

One of the party, whose name was Sanders, was a 
little skeptical in regard to the invention, and said in 
plain words that he did not believe in Jones or his 
invention, and that Jones was a humbug. 



76 A BATCH OF ARTISANS. 

On hearing this view of himself and his wonder of 
the world, Jones immediately rose from the bench, and, 
inserting the nose of Sanders between his thumb and 
first finger, proceeded to pinch that useful organ very 
energetically ; then, giving it a sudden twist, the scru- 
tinizer of odors was nearly turned upside down, or 
downside up ; and next, with the rapidity of thought, 
Jones raised the pedestal of his right limb in such 
a manner, that Sanders was nearly raised from the 
ground, and propelled forward several feet with con- 
siderable velocity, while Mr. Jones stopped to recover 
his breath. 

In this way Jones was enabled to explain and illus- 
trate to Sanders the main workings of his invention, 
which was nothing more nor less than a combination of 
the vice, screw and lever, and in reality very simple. 

Sanders appeared to object to the manner of Jones' 
explanation ; and when he had recovered from the sur- 
prise and mortification that he was placed in by the 
superior argumentative powers of Jones, proceeded to 
put a^plan which he had hastily formed into immediate 
execution. 

Sanders belonged to the old school, and believed 
that bodies, either heavy or light, could be lowered 



A BATCH OF ARTISANS. 77 

much easier than they could be raised; so, to prove 
and support this theory, he brought his right hand to 
bear to the centre of Jones' face. 

A principle has been promulgated by scientific men 
that when an animate body comes into collision with 
an inanimate one, and both are of equal size, the inani- 
mate body must go down, and is injured more or less, 
according to the velocity of the movable object. 

This theory was then shown to be a correct one in 
the case of Sanders vs. Jones, and Jones went down. 

About this time several policemen made their appear- 
ance on the scene. Messrs. Jones and Sanders left the 
Park in their company, followed by their three friends 
and some others. 



78 BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY. 

XIII. 

BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY. 

THERE is a famous individual in England who calls 
himself Benhafit the Prophet, who has not made 
his appearance in the Park, but his advent is daily ex- 
pected. He is small in size, dresses entirely in sheep- 
skins, and at a distance of six hundred yards somewhat 
resembles a gigantic southdown on his hind legs. 

Some time ago he was in a town in the south of 
England, and gave notice that he would preach on a 
certain day, in a vacant place near the town. When 
the time came for Benhafit to appear, a large number 
of people had assembled, composed of men, women 
and children of all ranks and professions. Some came 
to see and hear the preacher, and some came to 
annoy him. 

After Benhafit had spoken for a short time, and had 
spoken well, the pickpockets, (like some other profes- 
sional persons in an Arcadian country) became eager 
for clients, and the crowd were getting noisy, a police- 
man made his appearance, who desired the preacher to 



BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY. 79 

" move hon," and I regret to record the fact that Ben- 
hafit so far forgot himself and calling and pretensions 
as to make use of language which was not becoming 
for a man in his profession to use. He turned to the 
policeman and said : " What do you mean, you poorly- 
paid, half- starved plebeian hireling, to speak to a 
gentleman, telling him to move on? Do you know 
who I am, and what my pretensions are?" Then he 
gave the policeman a look which ought to have terri- 
fied him, but it did not seem to have much effect upon 
the guardian of the peace. As Benhafit would not 
" move AoTi," he was moved hoff^ and locked up for a 
night for disturbing the peace, and brought before a 
justice in the morning, lectured, admonished, and dis- 
missed with the usual caution. He then went to his 
hotel, and asked permission from the landlord to make 
an address to the people who were present, the main 
room of the building being well filled with people who 
came to see and hear this remarkable man. 

Benhafit then said that he did not care for judges, 
justices, lawyers, policemen, or any other biped or 
quadruped, or for anything animate or inanimate in 
this detestable, deceitful world. He said he was trav- 
eling through the country, endeavoring to do some 



80 BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY. 

good by his preaching, good example, and strictly tem- 
perate habits. The more and better he preached, the 
worse the people acted, and treated him badly, almost 
without exception. He said, sometimes when he was 
in the middle of his oration, and he thought he had 
made a good and lasting impression, some imp would 
imitate the squealing of a pig, the quacking of a duck, 
the barking of a dog, the crowing of a cock, or some 
other wretched, clownish noise, and he had hoped that 
when these manifestations of dissent were made by a 
lot of clowns, the better part of his audience would 
eject these wretches; but, instead of doing so, they 
encouraged them by their laughter to continue their 
vulgar noises, and he was very often compelled to 
desist from continuing his discourse, because his audi- 
ence could not hear him ; and then his discourse, which 
he had prepared by great mental labor and research, 
was almost useless, and he had concluded at one time 
to leave this country, and not to return ; but all coun- 
tries were bad, and it always seemed to him that 
every new place that he visited, was much worse than 
the last one, and he wished a good-sized earthquake 
would swallow up everything, world and all. 

Benhafit, in continuing to mention his grievances, 



BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY. 81 

said that, if he was not following his profession, he 
would wish to be a judge, for he would hang every 
criminal he could lay his hands on ; for, if they went 
into prison for a few years, they were ten times worse 
when their term of imprisonment expired than they 
were before they were convicted. 

He was disgusted, he declared, with everything in 
general, and with the world in particular. For a num- 
ber of years he had lived alone in a hut in the woods, 
and in a distant country, and the only friend and com- 
panion he had during his retirement was a fine dog, 
who was killed by a large black bear. The dog 
attacked the bear, who raised himself on his hind 
legs and gave his dog a cuff on the side of his head, 
and that faithful follower and friend was instantly 
placed liors de combat. He fired the contents of his 
rifle at the abominable beast, but, having missed him, 
was compelled to run to escape the embrace of the 
savage animal ; and, having reached his house and 
closed and fastened the door, soon saw the head of 
the animal at the window, which he appeared to be 
entering, and he caught up a kettle of boiling water 
which he had intended for culinary purposes, and 
threw the same into the face of the savage beast, 
5 



82 BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY. 

who instantly dropped from the window and ran away, 
making horrible bellowings, and rubbing his nose and 
head on the ground, to alleviate the pain, and he 
turned several complete summersaults, and continued 
howling, roaring and bellowing until he was out of 
sight. 

He thought that he had seen the last of the bear, 
but early on the following day he heard a scratching 
on the side of his house, and then on the roof, and 
knew that the animal intended to reach him by 
descending the chimney. So he seized his double- 
barrelled shot-gun, wliich was always ready for use, 
and fired the contents at the bear's head, after the 
beast had entered the chimney, which nearly blew the 
aniraars head into pieces, and caused him to descend, 
bringing with him a large amount of soot, which 
greatly injured some bread, meat and potatoes which 
he had intended to use for his day's repast. 

The bear's skin was used for constructing a suit 
of clothes, which he wore during his remaining stay 
in the woods; but since he had lived among people 
who called themselves civilized he had dressed in 
sheep-skins, as he thought that such a dress was more 
appropriate than the bear-skin, as the former was 



BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY. 83 

emblematical of peace ; but, from his experience in 
this country, he feared that he should have to again 
enter his bear-skin suit. 

Benhafit then made a bow worthy of a duke, and 
left the room, and, shortly after, the town. 



84 ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 

XIV. 
ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 

I SHALL now endeavor to give an idea of the 
opinions of the people in England, in regard to the 
tariff and the destiny of America. 

All admit that America is a powerful, wealthy and 
prosperous country, with a large and increasing popu- 
lation, but they say "how long she will retain these 
advantages, remains to be seen." 

A medical man remarked to me, when we were 
speaking of America, that it was true that she had a 
large and increasing population, but at some time the 
immigration would nearly cease, and then the popula- 
tion, instead of increasing, would retrograde. 

This gentleman was then informed of the number of 
people in the States one hundred years ago, and the 
number now, deducting the immigrants who had 
arrived in that time, and the population acquired by 
the purchase of Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New 
Mexico and California. He said he had always been 
informed that the descendants of the older population 



ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 85 

were decreasing in numbers, and he was now informed 
that every town of any importance, and nearly every 
county in the United States, had more or less persons, 
living in those parts, who were born in the New 
England or Middle States. 

****** 

The people in England have, as may be supposed, 
but one idea in regard to the American tariff, and are 
mostly in favor of Free Trade at home. 

All say that it is not right for a man or woman in 
the States, to be compelled to pay more for a poorer 
article than can be furnished them from England, at a 
lower price. 

The reply is that they must be in error, as America 
is selling goods to this country, to her colonies, and to 
other countries. 

One remark they always make when they say that 
the high tariff has made America the dearest country 
in the world to live in, and it is intimated to them 
that they are rather short-sighted, as the United States 
have furnished the necessaries of life to a large part of 
the population of England, for a number of years, 
and have largely supplied them to a part of the popu- 
lation in every country, for a great many years, and 



86 ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 

considering the good quality and low prices of men's 
and women's wear, persons can live and dress cheaper 
in the United States, than they can in England, if they 
are so disposed. 

Then they answer that, as they buy the products 
of the American soil, America ought to buy the 
English manufactures, meaning that the States should 
make no goods, but purchase of England, and the 
reply is that England would certainly buy nothing of 
America, if she could buy of other countries lower. 

Then they repeat the old saying that Englishmen 
hold a large amount of American securities, as if they 
had purchased these securities to assist their dear 
friends, the Americans, and the answer is always the 
same, that they would not have bought these securities 
if they had not been good. 

Then comes the last remark, when they say that 
England and America should be the best of friends, as 
they are in reality one people, speaking one language, 
and the two countries should go together, and help 
each other, as England is the mother of America. 

At this last often repeated remark it is suggested to 
them that they are rather forgetful, for during our 
greatest trial, they allowed ships to leave England, 



ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 87 

armed and equipped, wliich, navigated b}' pirates, had 
nearly destroj^ed the American mercantile marine, 
which would have been the first in the world at the 
present time, but for those ships. 

At that time the leading newspapers, even journals 
of the British government, advised the English people 
to have nothing to do with American bonds, and it 
was well known in America, that most of the manu- 
facturers and merchants, as well as the wealthy and 
influential people in England, were almost universally 
in favor of the Union being broken. Of course they 
always say that the Union is too large, and that there 
must be at some time several governments, for the 
people, in various parts of the country, have various 
interests, and if the general Government will not 
gratify their wishes, then they will secede, and they 
point to the Governments of Europe, as an example. 
Their knowledge of the extent of some countries, 
must be limited, for Russia is twice as large as the 
United States,* (I mean the Russian empire,) and 
Brazil is nearly of the size of our country, while the 

* The United States territory is not so large as many suppose, but 
large enough to entertain all the inhabitants in the above named 
countries. — Author. 



88 ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 

British empire is more than three times the size of our 
country. The English people will be told by every 
intelligent and patriotic American, that the govern- 
ment of the United States is stronger than it has ever 
been ; that if two, three or more States should 
endeavor to form a separate government, they could 
not succeed, for there is a power in America which is 
always strong enough to support the government, and 
to maintain the Union. 

The form of the government might be changed 
several times, and the Union be maintained, and every 
mile of railway built in the States, makes the Union 
stronger than ever. 

I will give my opinion about the tariff in America. 

For the last thirty years the United States and her 
territories have produced a large part of the gold and 
silver which has been used by the civilized world, a 
large part of the cotton and tobacco, and, for several 
years, the United States have not had a strong compet- 
itor in furnishing an}^ of the necessaries of life. 

The United States can be entirely self-sustaining, 
and if the tariff twenty-five years ago had been one 
half of the rate of percentage of the tariff of the 
present time, a good part of the securities of the 



ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 89 

United States, which are now held in Europe, would 
be held at home, and some of the gold in Europe, 
would be now in America, if she had properly 
protected herself, and the United States would by this 
time have been the money centre of the world.* 

France understands the advantage of Protection, 
and does not allow many goods to enter the country, 
that they can make, for they believe in retaining their 
money, and other countries are following their example. 

The old democratic free traders in America, never 
seemed to realize that other countries were getting rich 
at their expense. It seems a pity that the United 
States, with their splendid iron and coal deposits, 
should let them remain, until a short time ago, compar- 
atively undeveloped, while they were paying scores of 
millions of dollars to England, for the most wretched 
railway iron that was ever made in any country. 

The same, but not to the same extent, can be said 
about cotton and woollen goods, and other manufac- 
tured goods. 

A country, to be permanently successful, must be 
permanently self-sustaining. 

* There may be an inflation of gold in America in two years, 
whicli will be of more benefit to the country than an inflation of 
paper money. — Author. 



90 CO-OPERATIVE STORES. 

XV. 

CO-OPERATIVE STORES. 

THERE are several co-operative stores in London, 
and the tradesmen of all denominations are 
making a great outcry against them, saying that these 
organizations are ruining their business, by selling 
articles of all kinds at wholesale prices, and sometimes 
at lower prices than tradesmen can purchase the same 
for ; at least, some people say that such is the case. 

The London tradesmen also say that large numbers 
of clerks are thrown out of employment, by establish- 
ing these new organizations, for the tradesmen are 
compelled to reduce their number of employes, as their 
business has fallen off, and they cannot afford to keep 
them. 

All of this is doubtless true, but the general public 
is in favor of these new concerns, and think them a 
benefit to all who own shares in them. 

They are joint-stock concerns, and none but share- 
holders can buy goods in them. Some of these stores 
do a large business, selling one million sterling, or 



CO-OPERATIVE STORES. 91 

more, per annum, and declaring good dividends to the 
share-holders, who are very well pleased with their 
investments, as they buy all of the goods they require 
at the stores, at very low rates, and receive a good 
interest on their money invested in shares. 

These stores are now selling everything, including 
all kinds of provisions, and if they extend for the 
future, as they have extended in the past, the days of 
the high-price tradesmen are numbered, and they will 
be like the old stage coaches — things of the past. 

The tradesmen ask the public, in a plaintive way, 
what they are to do, are advised to follow the examples 
of their former clerks, and obtain situations in the 
co-operative stores, and say that they would be unable 
to live on such small salaries ; but they should be 
informed that their former clerks live on these small 
salaries, and some of them have splendid appetites. 

The shopmen say that they have not been accustomed 
to live cheaply, and what they say may be true. 
Neither was one of their former clerks accustomed to 
live in splendor, when he had a large fortune left him, 
b^t he managed to exist. 

The co-operative stores deliver no goods without 



92 CO-OPERATIVE STORES. 

receiving cash for them, — they sell the best of every- 
thing and give employment to a large number of men. 
As every customer is a share-holder, and is inter- 
ested in the prosperity of these institutions, it would 
appear to all impartial persons, — that the success of 
these co-operative stores is, and must continue to be 
undoubted. 



BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 93 

XYI. 

BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 

BENHAFIT has at last made his long looked for, 
and much desired appearance in the Park, wear- 
ing his sheepskin dress, and followed and surrounded 
by a large and motley crowd of men, women and 
children. He paid little attention to them, and seemed 
to be in deep contemplation, as he walked slowly in 
the most unfrequented paths of the Park. 

Now it appeared that nine or ten dogs, of all breeds, 
colors, dispositions, qualifications, and voices, who 
probably belonged to some of the people who were 
present, were following their owners about, and running 
and rolling on the grass, and enjoying themselves in 
their own way. 

As these dogs came near Benhafit, and caught sight 
of his strange looks and dress, which would appear at 
the first sight to be a combination of the biped and 
quadruped, and looked like one of those strange 
mythological creatures, called Satyrs by the ancient 
pagans — two or three of the large dogs showed some 



94 BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 

signs of displeasure, by snarling, showing their teeth, 
and raising their hair on their backs, and one of the 
smaller dogs began to bark. 

Now I have always observed, although it may have 
escaped the observation of persons who are more 
observant than myself, that when a dog, however 
insignificant, begins to bark, other dogs immediately 
follow his example, including those who compose one 
company, and all others who are within hearing, and I 
was not disappointed in this instance, for all of the 
others began to bark, making a complete chorus of 
music with the following voices, viz : Bass, baritone, 
tenor, alto, contralto, soprano, and falsetto, — the 
falsetto predominating. 

The man of the sheepskin garment having awoke 
from his reverie, began to show some signs of fear, but 
the canine members of the extempore opera, — having 
yet committed no overt act, — he continued his walk, 
which appeared to be slightly faster, but the worst had 
yet to come. 

In speaking of dogs, I omitted to mention another 
remarkable trait of that sagacious animal. 

When a dog or any number of the same are in 
sight of any unusual commotion, they seem to have an 



BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 95 

irresistible desire to investigate the cause of the noise 
and uproar. The same may be said of individuals of a 
higher type of understanding. 

The members of Benhafit's company of artists were 
joined by eight or ten more, of the same styles as the 
old company. On seeing this accession of strength, 
Benhafit was roused from his lethargy, and quickened 
his steps, and finally he began to run, and probably no 
man in a sheepskin dress, or a sheep itself, — ever ran 
faster than did Benhafit on this occasion. 

The canine members of the opera now greatly 
increased in numbers and voices, were close to the 
preacher's heels, and kept up what may be called a run- 
ning chorus, but I am happy to say that several police- 
men were near, and the poor bewildered man was rescued 
from his perilous position, and taken to an asylum, 
where he now rests ; and it may be hoped that after his 
troublesome experience he may rest well. 

Benhafit is not, as may be supposed, the name of 
this person, for he probably assumed the name when he 
was in Turkey or in some other part of the East. He 
is by birth an Englishman, and he was born near the 
Scottish border. His parents died when he had arrived 
at the age of manhood, and left him a small competence, 



96 BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 

which he has alwa3^s managed to retain. He was a 
strange child from his birth, and when he began to 
learn to read, he was dull, and made but little advance- 
ment. But as he grew older he learned more readily 
and remembered everything that he had learned or 
read. 

He rarely played with other boys, but when he did, 
excelled them in all kinds of pastime, as he excelled 
them in school. 

He never was popular with any one, and the boys 
of his own age avoided him. When he was nearly a 
man in size and years, his parents endeavored to induce 
him to visit the people in the country near by them, 
for they did not live in a town, and he did so, but not 
willingly, and was finally induced to join a cricket 
club, and although there were few better players, 
he played but seldom, and finally quitted the club 
entirely. 

He once attended a public meeting, and some of his 
acquaintances induced him to speak, and he did so, 
astonishing every one by his language and by his 
splendid delivery. All words seemed to be at his 
command, but when he had finished he never stayed to 
receive the congratulations of any one, but went 



BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 97 

directly home, and to his room, and remained there for 
several hours. He now became so silent, and at times 
so abstracted, that his parents feared that he would at 
the age of twenty be beyond their control, and entirely 
lost to them. He would take a book, and go into a 
field all by himself, and after reading for a short time, 
would drop the book, and gaze with an abstracted look 
upwards, as if he was trying to fathom the mysteries 
of space, and then he would suddenly look quickly and 
wildly about him, as if he was afraid of some one 
coming near him suddenly, and surprising him. 

People now began to talk about him, and one day 
his parents were entertaining some friends in their 
humble way, and when their son came into the room, 
there was a look of surprise at his strange appearance. 

Some few of the guests he had never met, and as he 
was introduced to them, they gave him one look of 
wonder, and then turned away. He was always a 
handsome person, but now although his face and 
features were good, insanity was lurking about him, 
and he knew of this, as soon, or sooner than any other 
person. 

When the people looked at him and turned quickly 
away, he saw the look of surprise, and knew perfectly 
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98 BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 

well, and he had probably known from his childhood 
that he was not like others, and when he became a 
youth, the dizziness, the aching of the head, and the 
confused ideas, told him that he was mad. 

He was always kind. Children would stop in their 
play and come to him, while he had a kind word for 
all of them. Children in their mother's arms would 
throw up their hands with joy, and laugh and crow 
as he came near them. No dog would ever bite or even 
bark at him, until he wore his extraordinary dress, for 
he would speak to them and hold out his hand, when 
they would jump upon him, and lick his face and hands. 
When he went through the fields, — the cattle and 
sheep would come towards him. The birds would 
scarcely fly at his approach, and need not have done 
so, as he never killed any of them, but ofter threw 
them corn or crumbs of bread. 

After his parents died, he went abroad for five years, 
traveling over the greater part of the Continent. He 
then returned to his old home, remaining there for 
only one year, and occupied his old room, where he 
stayed for the greater part of his visit. 

He then went to Canada, where he lived all by 
himself in a forest, and where he had the adventure 



BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 99 

with the bear. In traveling in some parts of North 
America, he visited a camp-meeting, held by the 
Wesleyans, when he was induced to speak, and as he 
was admired by the persons present, he believed from 
that time that he was inspired. 

Quos Deus vult perdere prius dementat. 



100 THE general's FEATS. 

XYII. 

THE GENERAL'S FEATS. 

THERE is no other part of the world, excepting 
Broadway, or the Bois de Boulogne, where such 
a variety of people are seen, as Hyde Park, near 
Rotten Row, in a pleasant day in May or June. The 
English place for recreation excels all others ; and in 
fact, no other can be compared with it. 

There is one little man who sometimes rides in 
Rotten Row, who by his appearance and the style of 
his horse, gets his share of attention. He is about five 
feet in height and weighs sixteen stone, and is said to 
be forty years of age, but might be one year younger or 
ten years older. He is a great hunter in the fox hunt- 
ing season, and he goes from one meet to another, 
sometimes riding after the hounds three times in a 
single week, and the same horse is used in the majority 
of his hunting adventures, which enables him to be the 
first, or among the first, to be present at the death of 
the fox. He has been thrown from his horse a number 
of times, but has never been injured in the least. 



THE GENEKAL's FEATS. 101 

His horse, who is called The General, is a queer 
looking animal — much taller than other horses — slim, 
with a neck like a dromedary's, and, when he is follow- 
ing the fox, or going at a fair rate of speed in Rotten 
Row, appears to be endeavoring to bring his nose on a 
line with the top of his neck. 

He lost the greater part of one of his ears, by its 
having been bitten off by a bull-dog, as he had put 
his head into the dog's kennel to get a mouthful of 
straw which composed the ferocious animal's bed, and 
the other ear was cut off by his master to conform to 
the one already partially gone ; but the good intentions 
on the XDart of his master were not realized — ending 
in a comparative failure. 

The tail of this horse, either from age, accident or 
nature, has very little hair, and his mane is cut very 
close, and his back is rather low. He is a singular 
looking quadruped, and, when I first saw him, feeding 
in a pasture about ten miles from London, I could not 
determine what manner of beast he was. His color 
was different from any thing that I ever had seen — 
being a sort of reddish-black gray mixture, of no 
particular order, but a combination of several colors. 

If any thing occurs during the pursuit of the fox, 



102 THE general's FEATS. 

when the rider of The General, intentionally or other- 
wise, (probably otherwise,) should be dismounted, the 
old horse goes straight forward, without paying the least 
attention to his master or rider, or to solicitations to 
halt, until the fox is caught, when he is perfectly 
quiet until his master appears on another horse, and 
either mounts The General or leads him home. 

One day, in the late autumn, when the old horse and 
his rider were in a fair way to be the first to witness 
the termination of the day's sport, and the ending of 
the career of the animal who was said to be, at one 
time, rather fastidious as to the quality of grapes, 
they came to an elevated piece of ground and broad 
hedge, which caused the old hunter to stand almost 
upright on his hind legs, in order to gain the opposite 
side of the obstruction, and this movement caused his 
rider to go in a contrary direction from the course 
which both of them had been pursuing up to the time, 
successfully. 

The General reached the other side of the hedge in 
safety, and not heeding the voice of his late rider, con- 
tinued his course in the direction of the noise produced 
by the dogs, until he arrived at a river of about two 
hundred feet in width, with a rapid current ; but he 



THE GENEKAL's FEATS. 103 

suddenly stopped for a moment, and then made a 
tremendous leap with the intention of reaching the 
opposite side of the river, but failed for once in his 
life, and fell into the river a few feet from the shore. 

Having recovered from his surprise and immersion, 
he concluded to depart for the opposite bank ; but the 
current was very swift and he was carried down the 
stream. 

By this time a large part of the hunting party had 
arrived at the river, where they saw the veteran, or 
parts of him, descending the river, which was very 
rough and swift — almost a cataract. In a short 
distance, there was an ugly and high fall, with large, 
pointed rocks underneath. 

It was now nearl}?- night, and the hunters thought it 
was all over with their kind old friend. Sometimes his 
head would appear, and then his poor old rat-tail would 
show itself for a moment, when he suddenly raised his 
head and shoulders from the water, as if to bid them 
all farewell, and then he went over the fall. 

His master wrung his hands in anguish, and several 
others shed tears as the old friend disappeared, as they 
supposed, forever. 

The hunters gave up the pursuit of the fox, and 



104 THE general's FEATS. 

returned to their homes with sad faces. Next morning 
the old campaigner stood at his stable door, in a sad 
condition, as the night had been cold and he had had no 
shelter. He was taken to his stable and received the 
best of care, so in ten days he was as well as ever, and 
able to take the front rank in the field. 

At another time, when The General and his rider 
were going at a fair rate of speed in Rotten Row, a 
small boy of the street Arab tribe, unrolled a parcel 
nearly in front of the horse and his rider, displaying a 
small, red garment to his admiring, barefooted com- 
panions. 

As soon as The General saw this fiery piece of dress, 
which the young Bedouin so suddenly displayed, he 
made a sudden stand, with a slight retrograde move- 
ment. Now it has been affirmed, proved and illustra- 
ted by men of science, that when an immovable 
object is placed unfastened on a movable one, and 
tlie movable body suddenly becomes immovable, then 
the previous immovable body moves on with a greater 
or less speed, and at a greater or less distance, accor- 
ding to the rate of speed of the movable body at the 
moment before it becomes immovable. So it was 
found in the case of The General and his rider, for the 



THE general's FEATS. 105 

latter descended from the back of the former to the 
face of the earth, which The General would have 
reached and at the same time, if he had not concluded 
to halt. 

The rider, or he who had been a rider, very soon 
rose to his feet, and looked as if he saw innumerable 
stars, and was endeavoring to discover the position 
of the various constellations. Having finished his 
observations of the celestial sphere, he turned his eyes 
to the terrestrial globe, and to the objects animate and 
inanimate thereon. The first animate thing that he 
saw was the retreating figure of the descendant of 
Ishmael, and I may observe here, that it is wonderful 
how fast a person can run if he has a motive for 
doing so. The next thing that caught his attention, 
was his horse, who, contrary to his usual course in 
such an event, remained perfectly stationary. As he 
had nothing to run for, he did not run at all. 

As may be supposed, this little episode caused a 
sensation, so that a large number of persons ran to 
assist the fallen rider; but he assured them that he 
was not hurt and that he would mount again directly, 
but that if he could catch that young vagabond, he 
would teach him not to scare a gentleman's horse. 



106 THE general's feats. 

He had been rather unfortunate in his dress when he 
was thrown, as one skirt of his coat was torn com- 
pletely off, having caught in some part of the saddle, 
and his tall hat, of the style invariably worn by short 
men, was in a sad condition. Seeing some persons 
smile, which he thought was for his benefit, he became 
slightly angry and informed them that he was a plain 
man, did not care for any one, always paid his way, 
and rode after the hounds as often as any other man. 

Then with the assistance of a policeman and a chair, 
he mounted his horse and rode from the Park, appa- 
rently not very well pleased with his ride. 



SELF-MADE MEN". 107 

xvm. 

SELF-MADE MEN. 

IN LONDON, as well as in all large cities, there are 
a large number of rich men who are termed " self- 
made," who arrived there with only that well known 
two and sixpence, I heard of one who had three shil- 
lings^ but he never .became as rich as the others. 
When they begin to do well and accumulate money, 
with a good prospect of becoming wealthy, they often 
speak of their early trials and how they worked and 
schemed to get a start ; but when they have a compe- 
tence and are perfectly secure, they drop the " two and 
sixpence," and sink the shop. These men, now being 
independent, have servants of all grades, fine horses, 
carriages, and grand mansions, richly furnished. 

They endeavor, if not to procure admission to the 
best, to get admitted into very good society, and 
generally succeed. Some of them, when they arrive 
at this stage, discover that they had an ancestor who 
was a very great man and had some kind of a title, 
and large estates, who unfortunately took an active 



108 SELF-MADE MEN. 

part in the wars of York and Lancaster, and lost his 
property and title at the same time. I have rarely 
seen a respectable poor person in England, who had 
not some great and rich ancestor; but by some unfor- 
tunate occurrence, or by their intense loyalty to their 
king, all was lost except honor. These are always 
very Conservative. 

Returning to the self-made man; he intimates some- 
times that the title which should belong to him, will 
some day be restored — which he would accept, even 
without the estates. He gives those who know him 
slightly, to think that he could have been elected to 
the House of Commons, but would not — feeling that 
his place was among the hereditary legislators. When 
the names of the members of the Upper House are 
mentioned, he sometimes appears to have an injured 
expression of countenance, as if he ought to be where 
they are. 

These persons do no harm. The Government need 
not be afraid of them. If a Marquis should ever 
speak to them, it would be hoard for them for several 
days ; but if they were addressed by a Duke, lodging 
must be included. 

The wives of these gentlemen, belong to the same 



SELF-MADE MEN. 109 

class as their husbands. She who is superior in firm- 
ness or intellect, very soon gets the upper hand. If 
she is not gifted in these qualities, she remains quiet 
when her lord and master speaks of his great progen- 
itors. When she is his superior, her ancestors figure 
far above Azs, and she wishes to impress this on his 
mind, on his relatives and friends, and upon her own 
and his acquaintances. 

Her ancestor, as far back as can be traced, was a 
Montmorency De Spugen, a Frenchman, who lost his 
title and property during the Huguenot troubles, when 
he was compelled to fly his country and come to 
England. The husband's powerful ancestor was a 
Whitlock Balder, who was always on the right side, 
if he did lose his title and his property. 

Sometimes the husband, in a quiet way, will speak of 
the Whitlock Balders, and when he is mentioning 
some event in connection with that illustrious family, 
the wife will begin with the Montmorency De Spu- 
gens, and the poor man immediately subsides into the 
background. Yet this couple are happy, no doubt, and 
usually have a son and daughter, who are apparently 
happy also. They are usually under twenty years of 
age, well behaved, well educated and well looking, and 



110 SELF-MADE MEN. 

no doubt will marry well and do well after they are 
married. 

When this quartette are driving in the Park in a 
splendid carriage, and coachman and footman in dark 
blue livery, the cortege looks about as well as any 
other, for the daughter, Miss Anastasia Sophrina, is 
sure to be very pretty, and most becomingly dressed, 
while Mr. Percy Constantine, the son, is a very genteel 
young man, and is said to be doing well at Oxford. 

The father looks sideways from his carriage as it 
goes among the throng. The mother looks straight 
forward, as if she had always been accustomed to such 
an equipage. The daughter looks pleasant and pretty, 
and the son looks a little sad, for he may have some 
anxiety in regard to Oxford — its rules and his debts 
there. 



A TROUBLED LIFE. Ill 

XIX. 
A TROUBLED LIFE. 

SOME persons are fond of relating the history of 
their lives, particularly when their actions have 
been as blameless as possible. 

A gentleman living in London of middle age who is 
possessed of a large estate, with fine houses, and with 
all kinds of property, sometimes relates the history of 
his troubles in his early years. He has a lovely wife, 
and a son, who is a fine young man, and now nearly 
twenty-one years old. 

As nearly one-half of this gentleman's life was 
passed in one locality, I will call the house where he 
lived, as he names it, the Small House near the corner 
of the second turning to the right, from the River. 

In speaking of himself and others, he says: My 
earliest life was passed in Paris, where I lived until I 
was six years old, when I came to England, where I 
have lived ever since that time. 

The mothers of both of my parents died when my 
father and mother were almost children, and soon after 



112 A TROUBLED LIFE. 

they were dead, my father was sent to Paris to be 
educated, and my mother to a convent near Paris, 
where she remained until the time came for her 
marriage, and she and my father lived in Paris (where 
I was born) until they left that place for England. 
My mother's father was an agent for an insurance 
company, with a good salary, but was extravagant, and 
when he died, soon after my parents were married, 
did not leave enough property to pay his debts. But 
when my mother was in the convent he never allowed 
her to be in want for anything, for he was determined 
to make her a lady, and he succeeded. 

During my father's school days in Paris, he had 
learned to speak and write French with fluent accu- 
racy, as also Italian and German, and also to write in 
these languages. With a knowledge of Latin, and the 
various branches of mathematics, he had abundance of 
money, and the fact that he was the only known heir 
to a large fortune, made him a popular person in Paris. 
He also had good looks and a good address, and there 
were few, if any, of the English residents who did not 
give him a good reception. 

The day before we left Paris, my father received a 
letter stating that his father was dead, with other 



A TROUBLED LIFE. 113 

news of an unpleasant nature. As soon as we could 
pack our boxes, and pay our bills, we hurried off, and 
arrived in England in time to attend my grandfather's 
funeral. 

My father had seen little of his father since he had 
lived in Paris, as his father had only been in that place 
once since he had ceased to live there, and during 
that time he had only visited England thrice, each 
time his visits being short. 

Still he had always been attached to his father, and 
had good reasons for being so, for a more indulgent 
parent could not be found. 

A short time before my grandfather died, it was 
discovered that there was something wrong about the 
titles of his estate. I have never known, and I never 
may know, in what way those titles were wrong, for if 
there is anything in the world that I hate it is law and 
litigation. 

When we arrived in England we occupied one of 
father's houses, known as the Small House near the 
corner of the second turning to the right from the 
River. 

Before we had been in this house a week, we were 
informed that the estate was in ideality not my father's, 
7 



114 A TROUBLED LIFE. 

— that no part of it, including the house we were 
occupying was his. Of course my parents and even 
myself were terribly shocked at this announcement, 
and I thought my mother would have died after hear- 
ing it. It seemed too dreadful to be true, and while 
my mother was shrieking, and my father endeavoring 
to pacify her, but weeping like a child at the same 
time, I was almost bewildered, and, clinging to my 
mother's dress, asked her '^ what she was crying for, and 
what made papa cry; for he never cried before, and I 
thought he never cried; children and women sometimes 
cried, but I never saw a man cry before." As I said 
this, my father caught me in his arms, and said, " Oh, 
Georgie, you do not know what you have said, or 
the good that your words have done." 

I never again saw my father cry until my mother 
died, and then I was a young man and did not wonder 
at his grief. 

We continued to occupy the small house which my 
father was allowed to retain, by paying rent for it. 

Then began the struggle for existence, and a very 
hard struggle it was. My father had a small sum of 
money left him by his mother, and nearly all of this 
money found its way into the pockets of Messrs. 



A TKOUBLED LIFE. 115 

Whittler & Grind, lawyers, who had the reputation 
of being energetic and very sharp. I call these men 
lawyers, and I call all men the same, who are connected 
with the law, and by no other name, whether they do 
or do not wear wigs and gowns, and there is an end of 
the matter. 

My father obtained a few pupils for teaching them 
French and Italian, and my mother taught music, 
while I was kept at my books, which were suitable for 
a child of my age. It was hard work for my parents 
to live, pay their rent, and supply the wants of Messrs. 
Whittler & Grind, who were almost continually wanting 
money, and at the same time making great promises. 

My parents' pupils would sometimes fall off. Some 
would not pay, or their parents would not or could not 
pay for their instruction. Some were dissatisfied with 
the instruction. The fact of the matter was that 
most of the persons with whom we came into contact, 
knew that my father was a gentleman, and that my 
mother was a lady, and themselves were neither the 
one or the other. There was where the shoes pinched, 
and they could not make them easier. 

My father had no intimate acquaintances in England, 
and when his great misfortune overtook him, not one 



116 A TROUBLED LIFE. 

of his former friends in Paris, or those who had since 
removed to England, or the friends of his father, ever 
came near him, or wrote to him, and I may say the 
same in regard to my mother's former friends. 

Both of them wrote to their former friends in Paris, 
but not one of their letters were answered. 

I was one day with my mother in Regent street, 
where she had gone to buy a piece of music, when a 
lady who had been one of her most intimate acquaint- 
ances, (I cannot call her by any other name,) was in her 
carriage, with a coachman and footman in fine liveries. 

She saw my mother, she saw me, and knew us per- 
fectly well, and when I saw her, I said rather loudly, 
" Oh mamma, there is Mrs. Tompkins in that carriage. 
There, with the man who has a gilt band on his hat." 

Poor little innocent fellow that I was, I thought 
that Mrs. Tompkins would have the carriage stopped 
immediately, and insist on our taking a drive with her 
in Hyde Park, or in some other fashionable place. To 
my surprise the carriage-lady looked straight forward, 
merely saying something to the driver, which caused 
the carriage to move rapidly on. 

I asked my mother why Mrs. T. did not speak to 
her, for I was sure that she saw her. My mother said. 



A TROUBLED LIFE. 117 

" My dear little Georgie, you are too young for me to 
tell you why Mrs. Tompkins did not see either you or 
me." I said, ''But she did see us. I am sure she 
did." My mother replied, " Never mind, Georgie, 
when you are older, you will understand these things." 

I was not much older, when I did understand them 
well — so well that there is not one of those human 
beings living who insulted or slighted my parents, that 
I would give a morsel of bread to now, if it was to 
save them from starvation, and I would not save their 
necks from the gallows, if I had the power to do so ; 
for of all unpardonable social faults, is the insulting or 
"cutting" of friends who have by no fault of their 
own, been brought into difficulties. 

We lived and struggled on ; sometimes in a state of 
semi-starvation. Sometimes we had nothing to eat, 
and almost nothing to wear. Our furniture was nearly 
all gone, including the piano, and all of our clothes 
excepting those which we wore, were at the pawn- 
brokers. 

Whittler & Grind said that they must throw up the 
case if th«y were not paid for their services, and it 
seemed almost impossible for my father or my mother 
to obtain pupils. I would lie in my poor little bed in 



118 A TROUBLED LIFE. 

the corner of the room adjoining that which they 
occupied, and hear them talk of their troubles, and my 
name was often mentioned. 

I heard my mother say to my father one evening, 
that if they all lived, Georgie would be a great help to 
them, as he was nearly nine years old, and very- 
forward for a boy of that age, and that I then could 
teach French, and was, for a boy of that age, very- 
forward in mathematics, and could also write a beauti- 
ful hand. When I heard this, I was determined as 
soon as possible, not only to earn my living, but also to 
contribute towards the support of my parents. 

Matters with us began to improve a little, and 
almost enough pupils were obtained to enable us to get 
our clothes from the pawnbrokers ; but the piano was 
gone beyond redemption, and most of the furniture. 

We still retained the small house, although no rent 
had been paid for a long time, but it was evident that 
whoever owned or pretended to own it, had reasons 
for not disturbing us. My father still had hopes of 
getting back the property, or a part of it, but had no 
money to pay the lawyers. There was a dissenting 
clergyman who preached in a small, poor-looking chapel 
in a narrow street or lane, in a poor locality, not a 



A TROUBLED LIFE. 119 

mile from our house. He was one of the best, if not 
the very best person that I ever knew. The people 
who attended his chapel were almost all of them poor. 
Some were very poor ; so the amount of income that 
he realized was small. This man was almost always 
busy, and there were few who were sick or destitute, 
who lived within a mile from his house, that he did 
not find them and assist them in some way, and he 
found us, and visited us frequently. 

One morning a young man of respectable appearance 
gave my father a letter, and hurried away. 

On opening the same, it was found to contain a ten 
pound note, and that was all, for the letter was a 
blank. 

This money went to the lawyers. Some more, 
received shortly after from the parents of our pupils, 
enabled us to do very well for several months. We 
went on very much in the usual way for some years, 
and I was doing my share in teaching, but we were 
sometimes in a very bad condition. For years, it was 
the same story, lawyers and all, and bad years were 
repeated by others. 

I had now arrived at the age of nineteen, and was 
offered a situation with Messrs. Whittlcr & Grind, as 



120 A TROUBLED LIFE. 

a copying clerk, and to do other little pieces of busi- 
ness, at a salary of sixty pounds a year. Neither my 
parents nor myself could understand why these men 
should wish to employ me at such a salary, as I was 
entirely unacquainted with the business, and any 
number of young men could be obtained for almost 
nothing. I accepted the offer, and began my work. 

We had paid no rent for our house for a number of 
years, and no taxes ; for we were not called upon to 
pay either, which was to us a mystery. 

After I had been with the lawyers a little over a 
year, my mother died ; and my father never recovered 
from the grief which her loss gave him, and I never 
have done so. 

I remained with the lawyers until I had passed the 
age of twenty-one, when I left them. 

I was completing some writing in the main office at 
about ten o'clock one night, when I heard a conversa- 
tion carried on by my employers, in a small room 
adjoining, and they evidently supposed that I had 
gone. 

Whittler said to Grind, "His case comes on to- 
morrow, and you know very well. Grind, that he is 
sure to gain it, with our evidence, unless " — and here 
something was said that I could not understand. 



A TROUBLED LIFE. 121 

"Well, well," said Grind, "if he does gain the case, 
which he ought to have done, (and you know it,) 
fifteen years ago, it will be a feather for each of us in 
our caps ; and I am pretty sure that our pockets will 
receive some additional cash, for we shall have entire 
control of the estate." 

" Right you are," said Whittler, " but how about the 
boy, for between you and me, I do not think that he 
has much love for either of us." 

" Never you fear about him," said Grind, " I will 
attend to him, and you know the only reason I had for 
having him here, was to get control of him and of his 
father. I will flatter the boy, and also his father, and 
we will manage the property." "Won't he go it," 
cried Whittler, " when he knows about the property ? " 

" No doubt of it," answered Grind. 

I had heard enough, and I left the office as quietly 
as possible, went home, and told my father what I had 
heard. He was surprised, and became thoughtful, said 
little, and soon retired. 

That night he had a brain fever, and he died two 
days after. He was delirious nearly all of the time, 
and would frequently speak of his absent wife, (some- 
times as if she was present,) and of myself. He had 



122 A TKOUBLED LIFE. 

been asleep for nearly two hours, and when he awoke 
he started, saying "Marie, Georgie, my dear boy, I 
thought I saw her when a cloud — Georgie, (I had 
taken his hand, and the stout, red-faced doctor was 
standing near the foot of the bed, crying like a school- 
girl,) — it must be the fog, for I can't see you." His 
last words (when he screamed like a maniac) were, " I 
can see it all now — I know it — the fog will not clear 
away, and I shall never — " 

On the day after my father's burial, I was called 
upon by Mr. Grind; who informed me that I was 
owner of the small house, and of a large number of 
large houses. Congratulating me, and receiving very 
few words in reply, he bowed and retired. In a few 
weeks my affairs were placed in the hands of an agent 
who had charge of several large estates, and was a 
good lawyer. Whittler & Grind were the lowest of 
the low, for they had played a two-sided game for over 
fifteen years, and until the old Bachelor false claimant 
had died, and they were afraid to attempt to squeeze 
any more from the new party. 

The kind clergyman lay on his bed in his modest 
little room, which was filled with his friends, who 
knelt before him, some weeping aloud; while he 



A TROUBLED LIFE. 123 

blessed them all, telling them to follow the example of 
Him who lived in the world over eighteen hundred 
years ago, and who was poorer than any of them, so 
poor that he often had no resting place for the night. 
He was tortured and murdered, after having done all 
the good that could be done by any one, and after 
showing people the true way to everlasting life. 

Since I have left them, Whittler and Grind have 
been going down hill, and will continue to descend, 
until they reach the bottom, where they will remain 
until they are lowered to their final homes. 

I often visit the resting place of my parents, and the 
flowers covering that place shall never, in their season, 
wither or decay, during my life. But I can never 
forgive those who were instrumental in causing to be 
placed there, these two of my best friends. 

Late in the afternoon of a beautiful day in the early 
autumn, I had gone to this place, and after attending 
to the flowers, sat down near them, and in looking at 
one of those beautiful and almost transparent clouds, I 
fell asleep — but I can never realize that the sleep was 
a reality. 

It seemed as if the cloud was advancing towards me, 
and when it was almost within speaking distance, it 



124 A TROUBLED LIFE. 

was divided, and there stood those (including the kind 
clergyman,) whom I had always loved the best, and 
they all seemed to be looking at me, with looks which 
are sometimes given by lovely and loved beings, and 
are never forgotten. 

When I awoke, that cloud still appeared in nearly 
the same position as it was in when I fell asleep, so my 
sleep must have been short. 

The house where my parents' greatest sorrows were 
known, shall never in any way be altered by me, but it 
shall still be known as the Small House, near the 
corner of the second turning to the right, from the 
River. 



PLACES AND PEOPLE. 125 

XX. 

PLACES AND PEOPLE. 

IN writing about self-made men, I am reminded of a 
tale told of the remarkable success of a young man 
from a very trifling cause, the scene being in London. 

It is said that a young man named Lafitte went into 
a banker's office in Paris, asked for a situation, and 
was informed by the banker that he had no place for 
him, and that, as the young man was sadly walking 
from the office, he saw a pin on the floor, picked it up, 
and fastened it to his coat. 

This act was seen by the banker, who called him 
back and gave him a situation. The young man did 
well, became a partner in a few years, and finally one 
of the wealthiest among European capitalists. 

If this tale is a true one, as it is said to be, we may 
say that the pin is more powerful than the sword, or 
than some swords. 

A tale is told of another young man who went into 
a banker's office to solicit a situation, and as his refer- 
ences were good, and the banker wanted a clerk, he 
gave him a situation. 



126 PLACES AND PEOPLE. 

The young man saw a pin on the floor, and as he 
was fastening it to his coat, the banker told him to 
leave the house, and never enter it again, for any one 
who would save a pin in a bank would steal if he had 
an opportunity for doing so. 

Here were two persons who pursued the same course, 
with entirely contrary results, and we may truly say 
there is no rule without an exception. 

Fortunes are sometimes acquired from acts of unpre- 
meditated kindness, where any good-natured person 
wduld have done the same as the successful one. 

An old gentleman was walking in Rotten Row, one 
windy day, when his hat was blown from his head, and 
went rolling along the road; it seemed very amusing 
to the large crowd of people, who were not as a class 
unkind, but a little indiscreet, to see an old gentleman 
running after his hat, and when he stooped to take it, a 
gust of wind blowing it still farther. The crowd 
laughed, but no one attempted to assist the poor old 
gentleman. Finally, when he was nearly out of breath, 
a well-dressed, handsome and pleasant-looking young 
man ran after the hat, caught it, handed it to the old 
gentleman, and taking him by the arm, kindly led him 
from the road and to a seat. 



PLACES AND PEOPLE. 127 

The old gentleman thanked the young one for his 
politeness, and asked him for his card, which was 
given. 

Sometime after this little event, the young man in 
question received a letter from a solicitor, informing 
him that he was sole legatee to a large fortune, and I 
think it is unnecessary to say who was the testator. 

It sometimes seems almost useless to follow any 
course, without deviating slightly from the one followed 
by others. One commander of a ship follows one 
course for years, and is always successful, and never 
meets with the least obstruction. Another takes the 
same track to the very degree and minute, and encount- 
ers an iceberg. 

One person builds a yacht which excels all others in 
speed, and receives an order for another of the same 
size and shape, of the same material and rigged in the 
same manner. The first yacht turns out to be a 
decided success, and the last a decided failure. 

One boy at school is quick to learn, fond of sports, 
and very popular. Another boy, of the same abilities, 
and his equal in every particular, is disliked by every 
one in the school, and as he becomes older, is more and 
more unpopular ; — for an unpopular boy will be an 



128 PLACES AND PEOPLE. 

unpopular man, and a dull boy at school, who has no 
taste for either learning or play, will be a dull man, 
with no taste for business, politics, or rational amuse- 
ments. 

When children are at play, how quick and easy it is 
to see who among them are naturally bright, and who 
are stupid. The bright ones are first in all games of 
fun or mischief, the stupid ones hang back, are always 
behind, and so continue as long as they live. 

Another old gentleman's hat was blown off in the 
park, and another gentleman of nearly the same age as 
the one whose hat was blowing away, ran and caught 
the hat and smilingly handed it to the owner, who, 
instead of thanking him, said, "Do you think I am 
such an antediluvian old Egyptian mummy, that I 
cannot pick up my own hat ? " Then the person who 
had picked up the hat, actually apologized to the old 
barbarian, for doing him a kindness. 

No one rule can always be followed with success ; 
but the rule of honesty and kindness may be followed 
always, whether we are in a worldly point of view 
successful or not. A man may defraud another in 
some way, be what he calls successful, laugh at the 
man whom he has wronged, and call him a fool. He 



PLACES AND PEOPLE. 129 

who cheats or steals is the fool, and the other, if he is 
honest and just, is the man to be envied. Let these 
sharpers beware of their tricks, and if they have 
wronged any one, let them return the entire amount 
with a good rate of interest, from the time they took 
what did not belong to them. 

When, at last, they are on the beds which they will 
never leave alive, they will not writhe and cry in 
agony, which they will do, if they do not make 
restitution. 

Near the northern part of Hyde Park, near the 
main entrance, is the place where executions formerly 
took place, before they were done at Newgate, or for 
crimes committed in the City. This place was called 
Tyburn, and several squares nearest it are now called 
Tyburnia. 

When crimes were capital, such as sheep-stealing, 
poaching, shop-lifting and even pocket-picking, there 
sometimes were several criminals executed at one time. 

At Tyburn, Jonathan Wild, Dick Turpin, Jack 
Sheppard, and a number of other notorious persons 
are believed to have been executed. 

Probably more criminals ended their lives at this 
8 



130 PLACES AND PEOPLE. 

place in the same length of time, than in any other 
place in the world. 

About one mile from Tyburnia, are the new brick 
barracks, erected for the Horse Guards. Before these 
buildings were begun, a large number of people were 
opposed to their being built in or near the Park, as the 
old buildings which were in the same place, were 
considered a nuisance, by the people living within a 
mile or so of them. 

The Government wished to have a place to contain 
soldiers, who could be called out at a moment's notice. 

Hyde Park is usually the place where the troubles 
commence, and a strong body of men well armed, is a 
good preventive of any sudden outbreak. 

Near the west end of the Park, and not far from 
Kensington Gardens, stands the national monument, 
erected to the memory of the Prince Consort. It is a 
handsome structure of the Gothic st^de, nearly two 
hundred feet high. The base of granite is about one 
hundred and fifty feet square. There are at the 
corners four marble groups, designed to represent the 
Continents of America, Europe, Asia and Africa. 
America is represented by a bison of about the usual 
size of the animal, with a woman on the animal's 



PLACES AND PEOPLE. ' 131 

back, escorted by a man in the backwoods style of 
dress, and carrying a fire-arm which appears to be a 
combination of the blunderbuss and an old-fashioned 
musket. The bison has a very short tail for a bison, 
and if one of these animals could be seen alive with 
such a tail, one would almost think that the middle had 
been cut away, and the two remaining parts brought 
together and patched up again. This emblematical 
representation of America, would, to an impartial 
person, appear to be a failure. 

In regard to the groups representing Europe, Asia 
and Africa, there is a better taste displayed by the 
artist or the designer. Europe is represented by a 
handsome bull of the latest approved build, accom- 
panied by a woman, and the other continents are repre- 
sented by human beings and animals, inhabitants of 
those countries. 

There is a great deal of carving and gilding about 
the monument, and in the lower part is a gigantic 
figure of the Prince Consort, completely gilded — the 
features being very accurate. 



132 THE DKAPER*S STORY. 

XXI. 
THE DRAPER'S STORY. 

A GENTLEMAN, frequently seen in Rotten Row, 
quite wealthy, and very popular with his 
acquaintances, is fond of relating his trials and 
successes in his younger days, and when he first 
started in life to make a fortune. 

He came from the country, and was a farmer's son, 
with a very limited education, but had some little 
knowledge of the business of a draper, having sewed 
for several weeks in a shop in the country, during the 
absence of one of the clerks, who was having a few 
days holiday at the sea-side. 

This person had rather more than the usual two and 
sixpence. He had forty sovereigns, so he was not, 
for a boy, in a very poor condition in a monetary 
point of view. He was not entirely unacquainted 
with London, as he had been in the place several times 
on business connected with his father 's farm, and he 
had always managed to take care of himself; which 
sometimes means a great deal; the expression being 



THE draper's story. 133 

intended to convey the idea that some other persons 
are not blessed with the firmness and self-reliance 
reqnisite to take care of themselves. 

When a person is always boasting of his sharpness, 
and, to use a common expression, that he has never 
been taken in, but has frequently taken in others — 
we had better let him pass by on the other side, or go 
on the other side when we meet him. 

If one of these extra sharp persons should frequent 
a crowd at the door of any place of amusement, it 
would be well if attendants of such places had left 
their valuables at home. 

The young countryman could take good care of 
himself. He was honest and he intended to remain so, 
if it was possible, but if not, he would return to the 
country and resume his agricultural pursuits. He had 
good looks, sound morals and fair abilities. As he was 
walking in one of the business streets, looking for a 
place which he thought would suit him, he saw a 
nice, snug-looking draper's shop, where were sold 
materials for men's and women's wear, at the lowest 
possible prices. " Goods sold for cash. Quick sales 
and small profits. Goods now sold at a great reduction 
in price, to make room for an overwhelming stock in 
the coming season. Sales now going on." 



134 THE draper's story. 

Our hero thought that this was the place for him, for 
there was a live look about the place which reminded 
him of a country fair or a market, where everything in 
the way of farm products are disposed of. So he put 
on a bold face and walked into the shop. 

A good-looking, middle-aged gentleman was walking 
in the main part of the floor between the counters,— 
this was the proprietor, who asked the stranger what 
he could do for him, or show him ? As the young man 
had no fear of his being shown to the door, after he 
had made his business known, with references from 
clergymen, farmers, and others, he made known his 
business, and at the same time produced his references. 

The draper said that the papers were all right, and 
as one of his assistants would leave in a few days, a 
boy would be required to fill his place ; the retention of 
the same, as was always the custom between the 
employer and employ^, being conditional. Then, after 
adjourning to the counting-house, came the question 
about terms, or wages. 

The draper said that the stranger being the last 
comer, he would be required to remove the shutters 
from the windows in the morning, and replace them at 
night, sweep the shop, carry bundles, collect money, 
and make himself generally useful. 



THE draper's story. 135 

He was to sleep in the shop, which he was to open in 
the morning and close at night, his board and washing 
would be furnished by the concern, and his clothes 
when he really wanted any, would be furnished also by 
the concern. After furnishing all of these necessaries, 
at the close of the year, the further compensation could 
be considered, and the shop-keeper ended by remarking 
that he had no doubt whatever of their agreeing about 
the terms, as the other boys had made the same 
arrangement, when they first were employed by him. 

The countryman knew very well that it would take 
a tolerably good sized microscope to discover the 
amount of money that he would receive at the end of 
the year. 

He had hunted foxes, and he knew their tricks pretty 
well, but he thought that as the fox excelled other 
animals in cunning, so this gentleman excelled all that 
he had ever seen in business tact. 

He remembered having followed a fox, with a large 
pack of hounds, in the West of England, when, in 
coming to a large or high precipice, the fox suddenly 
disappeared, but the entire pack of dogs went over the 
rocky precipice, and were nearly all killed. It was 
discovered that the fox had a secret path in this 



136 THE draper's story. 

dangerous place which he had furrowed for the pur- 
pose, which led to the disastrous termination of the 
day's hunt. 

At another time, he and several more fox-hunters 
were close to a fox and the hounds were very near, 
when the little animal took refuge in a farm-house and 
went under the bed. The hunters shortly after came 
to the house and asked permission to enter for the 
purpose of catching the fox, but were told that, as an 
Englishman's and an Englishwoman's house was their 
castle, they could not enter. As for the poor little 
fox, he had come there for a sanctuary, and should have 
it. The fox-hunters stormed and threatened, but it 
was of no use — they were compelled to leave without 
the fox, who went home to his hole shortly after. It 
was said that this same fox did the same trick several 
times. 

After the draper had finished speaking of the terms, 
the countryman told him that he preferred to have a 
stated salary, and in regard to his board, washing and 
clothes, he would pay for the necessaries himself, for he 
might receive considerable money at the end of the 
year, and he might not, but he considered a bird in the 
hand to be worth two in the bush, at least, and some- 



THE draper's story. 137 

times more, and if a fox was not certain of being 
caught and a rabbit was sure of being run down, a 
person had better give up the fox and stick to the 
rabbit. 

He then returned to the subject of a bird in the 
hand, and he told the draper that he had a cousin in 
Canada who was chasing a flock of wild turkeys, when 
he found a wild goose with a broken wing who could 
not move as fast as the turkeys, so as he was not sure 
of the turkeys, but was quite sure of the goose, he 
secured the latter and let the former go. 

The shop-keeper appeared greatly amused by the 
last story, and asked if geese were plenty in the 
country where his cousin had settled. The gentleman 
who is the hero of the tale, says that he could not at 
that time see why the draper should ask him if geese 
were plenty in Canada, and say nothing about turkeys, 
for turkeys were well known to be much finer birds. 

The young man finally named a stated amount of 
salary for the year, and declared that he would not 
take a farthing less, which was in a few minutes' time 
accepted by the shop-keeper, who now began to read 
him a lecture on economy, and endeavored to show to 
him that the less a clerk received the more he would 



138 THE drapek's story. 

save, and mentioned a young man who saved more 
when he received fifty sovereigns a year than he did 
when his salary was raised to one hundred. 

The draper further said that boys should be saving, 
and the sophist would probably, if he had continued 
his lecture on economy much longer, have endeavored 
to prove that a boy would save more money without a 
salary than he would with one. It seemed to the coun- 
tryman that the draper mentioned the word boys 
rather often, considering that all of his employes 
were full grown men, and he, the countryman, was 
nearly twenty-one years of age. 

He finally gave the draper to understand that, 
although he had lived in the country, and was used 
to green things, he himself had somewhat ripened. 
He entered upon his duties. The draper and he were 
on the best of terms, the business was increased, and 
finally he became a partner, and in the course of time, 
a rich man. He retired several years ago with a 
comfortable fortune. 

This gentleman was not afraid to work when he was 
a boy, for he was always ready to do anything that the 
draper required, and when the latter saw what a good, 
straightforward fellow he was, and that he could do 



THE drapek's story. 139 

more work of every kind than any other two of his 
clerks, from packing goods to selling them, the young 
man was, as a matter of course, promoted, and the rest 
followed in due course. 

It is frequently the rule in London that the rich 
business men begin a business life in a very humble 
way, and a good part of them came from the country, 
some being farmers' sons. 

These young men come to the City with the intention 
of remaining, and when they are fortunate enough to 
obtain a situation, they intend to retain the same. 
Besides, they know that the hardest work in a shop of 
any kind, is easy compared to the work they do on a 
farm. They wear better clothes in the city than in the 
country, and when they have been in the city for a 
short time, if they have good principles, consider them- 
selves men. 

In the Park when the roads and walks are not much 
frequented by the better classes, the vagrants and those 
who are out of work, assemble every pleasant day, (or 
when the weather is not cold enough to be compelled 
to remain within doors) and sit on the benches or lie 
on the grass. 

There are not so many of this class in Hyde Park as 



140 THE dkaper's story. 

there are in the other parks, including St. James's, 
Green, Regent's, Victoria, Battersea, Primrose Hill 
and Kensington Gardens. All of these are large, with 
lakes on a small scale, trees, shrubs, beautiful flowers, 
and plenty of ground covered with grass. 

Large spaces of ground are used for cricket playing, 
for military parades, and for meetings of various kinds. 

All of the lakes have boats, which may be used by 
any one paying for the same, and these lakes have 
water-fowl, including swans. 

Hyde Park is the only one where riding or driving 
is indulged in. The gates of these parks are closed at 
a certain hour at night, and all persons who are then 
seen by the police are compelled to withdraw. 

They sometimes contrive to conceal themselves in 
the shrubbery or under the benches, and continue in 
concealment during the night. 

These vagrants are composed of persons who work a 
little, who beg a little, but steal a great deal if they 
have an opportunity of doing so. 

Burglars and more daring thieves are said by the 
detectives to despise these vagrants and petty thieves, 
and all of those who sit and lie in the parks. 

Sometimes one of these vagabonds who is more 



THE DRxIPEr's story. 141 

ambitious than the others of his class, procures a 
broom and embarks into business, and into a sea of 
mud and troubles. If some of them had considered the 
uncertain, annoying, dangerous and unhealthy business 
in which they had invested their capital, and which 
required their utmost talents and energies to prosecute 
successfully, they would have either remained out of 
active business or have used their talents, capital and 
energies in some other line of business. 

They might have become solicitors (or cads) for 
cabmen, which profession is popular among the classes 
who are found near the standing places for cabs and 
hansoms. The duties of such persons are to find a 
cab or hansom for any one who wishes to enter one of 
these vehicles, and to open and close the doors, receiv- 
ing usually the sum of one or two-pence for their 
services. 

When most persons embark in business, they think 
that they do so with their eyes open, and should any 
one volunteer their advice, they are given to under- 
stand that the embryo business person knows what he 
or she is about, and when they want advice they will 
ask for it. 

The persons who do not wish for advice from any 



142 THE draper's story. 

one, are sometimes right and sometimes wrong, accord, 
ing to circumstances. 

The advice of a person sometimes may not be good, 
and then if it is good, it may not be followed; so in 
either case the adviser is placed in an unpleasant posi- 
tion. Unless persons are responsible for the success of 
their children or those who are entrusted to their 
care, perhaps it will be better to give no advice, or 
no voluntary advice. 

When any person of the vagrant or of the semi- 
vagrant class, are in any way personally deformed, 
their fortune (according to the ideas of a fortune of 
that class) is made, and the greater the deformity the 
greater the fortune, for the most persons pity these 
creatures and give them money. 

Some few of these vagrant and semi-vagrants are 
honest; more of them are honest probably than is 
generally supposed. But their habits are such that as 
a class they are regarded with suspicion. 

A man was arrested two or three years ago for 
begging, who was by profession, a street - crossing 
sweeper, and who had been known to receive more 
than a sovereign a day for his professional services. 
He was asked by the magistrate why he had been 



THE draper's story. 143 

begging. He answered that owing to the long period 
of dry weather, his business had fallen off, and as he 
had lived up to his income during his time of pros- 
perity, he had nothing left when hard times came, and 
was compelled to ask for assistance. But he added, if 
the persons who advanced him money would call at 
his residence when business improved, he would repay 
them-. 

He also said that when business revived and money 
was more plenty, his business would be conducted in a 
better way, and that he would endeavor to increase his 
capital, and live within his income, so that he would be 
able to meet all liabilities in unprosperous times. He 
was discharged with a caution, resumed business, and 
the weather having been rainy the greater part of the 
time for two years, has been very successful. 

A butcher who is doing a good business, says that a 
street-sweeper always buys the best of meat, and that 
they generally have plenty of money. 

When one street-crossing sweeper encroaches on the 
domain of another, there is trouble, and if he cannot 
be expelled by one, several will assist in doing so, and 
he is banished from the fraternity. When one of them 
retires from business, if he is a man of family, his son 



144 THE draper's story. 

or daughter continues the business, or sometimes his 
wife or widow does so. The street-sweeping is ofteir 
sold for a large sum. 

It is unnecessary to say that the vagrant and semi- 
vagrant class in England are very ignorant, and neither 
they nor their ancestors ever knew the benefits of the 
common education, and the greater part of them would, 
if it were not for the laws, punish their children for 
attending school. 

The boot-blacking business is conducted here in the 
same way as in American cities. 

The boys who sell newspapers are better dressed and 
better behaved than those who are engaged in the same 
business in America, but the American boys are much 
sharper. The dealers in small articles of merchandise, 
which is usually carried in baskets, are about the same 
kind of persons as are seen in America. 

There appear to be different grades of society among 
the people of humble pursuits, as well as among those 
of higher grades. 

Some time ago a young boot-hlaeJc married the daugh- 
ter of a street-crossing sweeper, greatly to the annoy- 
ance and mortification of the parents of the boot-black, 
who had designed their son for a person of a higher 



THE draper's story. 145 

position. The girl whom their son had married had 
not been accustomed to move in the same circles as 
they or their son had moved in, and they feared that 
their son's wife, by her manners in society, would place 
her husband and themselves in an unpleasant situation. 
In fact, the bride's conduct was not entirely exemplary 
during the wedding tour, which extended from the 
Charing Cross landing to Greenwich and back. 

A few years ago the son of a groom married the 
daughter of a coachman. Both the groom and coach- 
man were employed in the same family. There was a 
'/errible commotion in the coachman's family when it 
was known that the wedding had taken place ; for they 
all exclaimed that the girl had lowered herself and 
them, by uniting herself with a common groom. The 
coachman had been accustomed to associate with other 
coachmen of high positions. 

Some of them actually powdered their hair, and one 
of them was with a person of title. The coachman 
said his daughter could have done much better, for 
there was young Jeames Tapen, the rich draper's son, 
had taken Hagnes Jane to the Hadelphi, and now she 
had gone and done this. Oh, oh dear, what should 
they do. The gentlenaan who employed the coachman 
9 



146 THE draper's story. 

'and the groom, was a kind man, and when he saw the 
state of affairs, he promoted the groom in some way, 
and the coachman's family were finally reconciled. 

About five years ago a cook, fifty years old, brought 
an action against a coachman for breach of promise of 
marriage. The correspondence between the lovers 
caused some sensation in the Court during the trial. 
The jury gave the plaintiff one hundred and fifty 
pounds damages. 

The juries usually give damages in favor » of the 
plaintiff in these actions, and they seem to know the 
amount of the defendant's capital, and then take it all. 

About two years ago a gentleman brought an action 
against a lady for a breach of promise, but gained 
nothing, either in a monetary or in a social sense, 
excepting notoriety. 

If this is the way the male sex are to be treated, the 
fair sex should make the proposals, and then a jury 
may view an action in a breach of promise affair, by a 
new and improved light. 



HOW AN M. P. GETS ON. 147 

XXII. 

HOW AN M. P. GETS ON. 

THE Clergymen in England of all sects are esteemed 
as much as in America, and wherever they go, 
and whatever position they are placed in, are invaria- 
bly respected, and great deference is shown them by 
all classes, with scarcely any exception. A large 
majority of these gentlemen receive small salaries, 
and, when they have families, sometimes find it diffi- 
cult to support them, and also to assist the poor — 
which they very often do. They visit the sick and the 
destitute, and there are but few places that have not 
seen the faces of these kind gentlemen. 

They have one advantage over a great many others, 
for they can educate their children in every point of 
view, and if the children of clergymen mistake the 
right path for the left one, they certainly are excep- 
tions to the generality of clergymen's children, who 
generally do well. 

Most of these gentlemen have no sure prospect of 
improving their worldly condition, but sometimes by 



148 HOW AN M. P. GETS ON. 

the resignation or death of those few who were in 
better conditions in a pecuniary way, they fall into 
their places, and then after a long time of work, they 
are allowed a little repose. 

jjt ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 

Most of the Members of Parliament visit the Park 
every fine day during the Parliamentary season, which 
they can do, as the business hours of both houses is in 
the afternoon. 

If a Member of Parliament is not popular, or I 
should say not interesting, he is not listened to, and 
the members appear to have suddenly caught severe 
colds ; they groan and cough as if they were in pain, 
and by the noises they make with their feet, it would 
seem to a person who is not familiar with Parliamen- 
tary proceedings, that quite a number had the St. 
Vitus dance, or were practising some other dance. 

While I think of it — would it not be a good change 
in the rules of Parliament, during the business hours, 
if the members would remove their hats from their 
heads? In all other meetings held within doors, all 
persons remove their hats on entering the room, and as 
Parliamentary meetings are the first in the country, 
the members surely ought to do the same. 



HOW AN M. P. GETS ON. 149 

It is well for every country to be to a certain extent 
conventional, and to adhere to old customs, and to be 
adverse to sudden radical changes. But in sailing 
down the river of Time, the main course of the 
stream may become changed, and it will be necessary 
to find new channels to avoid obstructions. 

When these members have succeeded in demolishing 
the new or unpopular member, and they are pretty 
sure that he will not continue much longer, some of 
them leave the room, and make considerable noise in 
doing so. 

The poor Member who is trying to make himself 
heard, after first looking indignant, speaking louder, 
stammering and blushing, generally is compelled to 
give it up and sit down, with a look, and evidently 
with a feeling of shame, disappointment and chagrin, 
that no one but himself, can have the most remote 
idea of ; and no one can realize what were the feelings 
of that poor disappointed, would-be orator, unless he 
has been placed in the same situation. Sometimes a 
member who has failed, or who has been put down by 
the others, makes another trial, and, by holding his 
ground, does succeed, in spite of his tormentors. Most 
of them are backward in making the second attempt 



150 HOW AN M. P. GETS ON. 

Sometimes a member who has risen to make his first 
speech, and the other members will not hear him, 
leaves the room foiled, but not conquered. He has 
failed in his first speech — that speech which he had 
prepared before with so much care, and which he had 
rehearsed again and again, until every word was as 
familiar to him as the first three letters of the alpha- 
bet, and when delivered in his semi-theatrical voice, 
which would electrify the house — has been a complete 
failure. 

As he turns to leave the House, he cannot avoid 
looking at those men, sitting and standing, with looks 
of pleasure and satisfaction, at his discomfiture, some 
looking at him and then nudging their companions and 
laughing at the same time. 

He saw all this, and he never forgot it. He went 
home and to his room, and threw himself into a chair. 
If he had been a woman, he would have cried as if 
his heart would break ; but he was a man, and others 
had failed and their hearts were not broken, and in the 
end they succeeded, and why should he not succeed ? 

He will go to the House regularly, attend to his 
duties, and try to give satisfaction to his country, his 
constituents and himself. 



HOW AN M. P. GETS ON. 151 

These reflections are beneficial to him. Hereafter 
he is always in his seat and ready to cast his vote at 
the proper time, is very attentive to the rules of the 
house, and has made up his mind never to annoy men 
who are speaking, but to cheer them or be quiet. 

This member endeavors to be on good terms with 
every one, and very soon succeeds in having a number 
of friends representing both parties; always listening 
with great attention to the remarks and suggestions of 
every member that he comes in contact with. When a 
man on his own side of the house makes a speech, he is 
as willing as any one to cry, " hear, hear ; " but will, in 
a mild way, express his disapprobation of some of the 
speeches on the other side. 

He now gives some nice dinners, and he invites 
those who he is sure will be, at some time, of service 
to him. They all come — some of them being the 
very men who annoyed him when he attempted his 
first speech, and who were mainly instrumental in his 
failure. He knows these men perfectly well, but they 
think he did not notice them on that unpleasant occa- 
sion. The dinner passes off very well ; but during the 
same, the host asks a question of the most rising 
member, and he is^ answered very soon, and then the 



152 HOW AN M. P. GETS ON. 

host makes a remark which leads to a slight discussion, 
when the giver of the dinner makes such well-timed 
and sensible remarks, without giving the least offence 
to any one, that the guests are surprised, and almost 
delighted. 

A short time after the dinner, he ventures to make 
a short speech in the House, and is heard with decided 
success. 

His speeches in Parliament become longer than they 
were when he was first allowed to deliver them. He 
is heard with great attention by both parties, and 
remembers well that day when he made his first 
attempt, and a few hours after, his age had seemed to 
have increased by as many years as the number of 
hours. During his parliamentary career, he may be 
called upon to fill a high position — perhaps the 
highest in the kingdom. 

Thus, in the course of time, this successful man 
has reached the summit of the hill of life; but the 
summit of the hill of ambition he cannot attain, and is 
compelled to descend to his future home. The descent 
is easily made, for the path is straight, and there are 
no obstructions. But when he is near his home, as the 
shades of night are approaching, he casts a last, long, 



HOW AN M. P. GETS ON". 153 

lingering look at that hill whose summit no one ever 
reached, and then with a sad but resigned expression, 
resumes his compulsory tour. He soon arrives at the 
place, where there are no hills to descend; but, on 
every side, a broad plain of eternal peace. 
Aide toi, et le del faidera. 



154 GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR. 

XXIII. 
GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR. 

THE JUDGES of the various Courts in England 
are selected for their abilities and for their 
honesty, which is above suspicion. The summing up 
of some of them appears like the addresses of our 
prosecuting attorneys. They are undoubtedly right. 
They are sustained by the Government, and a person 
is never, or very seldom, wrongfully convicted. 

The salaries of some of the Judges are larger than 
any American official receives, who is connected with 
the Government, excepting the President, and they 
hold their positions for life, or until they retire, when 
they are liberally pensioned. 

Promotion from a lower to a higher Court frequently 
occurs, owing to the resignation or death of those of 
the higher grades. 

The Judges, and other men of the higher branches 
of the profession, wear white horse-hair wigs, and 
gowns, when they are in court; but the inferior 
grades, such as attorneys and solicitors, appear in plain 
dress. 



GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR. 155 

Some of this lower grade are never enabled to obtain 
much business. But to hear some of them conversing 
with those of their own class, a stranger who is unac- 
quainted with the mysteries of the profession, would 
naturally suppose that they had more work in the 
courts than they were able to attend to. Sometimes 
they speak quite loud and have rather a pompous look, 
and sometimes they have been known to say to their 
equals or their slightly superiors, that Mr. (men- 
tioning the person's name of course,) who is a banker's 
clerk, "is a very good sort of fellow, but we of the 
profession, you know, cannot associate with him on 
equal terms, yoti see." 

When two of these persons are in a restaurant, or 
some place where they are not very well known, and 
where many are present, one or both of them will take 
a large envelope from one of their pockets, the same 
having a decided legal appearance. 

These small gentry generally dress rather smartly, 
and their coats are always a little longer or shorter 
than the prevailing style. When these persons meet 
those who are above them in the same business, they 
say very little, but seem to listen very attentively, 
always agreeing with their superiors. When they meet 



156 GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR. 

with those just one grade above them, they say in 
reply to some remark made by the superior legal light, 
" Yes, yes. Quite true. I made the same remark to 
Green, the other day, and he agreed with me, and 
wondered that he had not seen it before." When they 
come into contact with a new light who is just enter- 
ing, intending at some time to electrify all other 
lights, then these semi-subordinates are in the very 
pinnacle of their glory. They are able to give the new 
comer every information, not only in regard to law 
but in many other things. They are perfectly familiar 
with Coke, Blackstone and Starkie, and are always 
ready to give an opinion or advice, whether either of 
them is solicited or not, and for some days the novice 
is greatly impressed with their immense knowledge. 

One of these small lawyers who was in the company 
of his friends, remarked to them that he had lately 
recovered some property for his Lordship, (mentioning 
the title,) and he had at the same time given some 
advice to his Lordship, and for so doing, he had 
received his Lordship's thanks, with an assurance from 
his Lordship, that if his Lordship should ever again 
require his services, his Lordship would employ him, 
Mr. Splutter. 



GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR. 157 

"His Lordship " lived in the country a short distance 
from London, and had a number of fine horses, among 
them one who was a favorite hunter. 

Toby Dingle, the groom, had charge of a few of the 
horses, among them was this favorite hunter who was 
called Jack. One evening, Mr. Dingle asked his 
master if he could go to meet some friends at a farm- 
house about five miles distant, and if he might ride 
Jack. His Lordship, a kind man, readily gave the 
permission. 

Dingle enjoyed the visit, returning at two o'clock on 
the following morning, and having placed Jack in the 
stable, retired to his room above. 

His Lordship was an early riser, and this morning 
visited his stables, and the gate leading to the stables, 
and the stable door leading to Jack's stable were both 
open, and his favorite hunter gone. He immediately 
went to Toby Dingle's room, and told him to get up, 
for the door was open and Jack was gone. It did not 
take long for Dingle to complete his toilet, for he had 
omitted to remove his clothes, including his boots. 

" Well, Toby," said his master, " what do you think 
of this ? It is a bad affair." 

" Well, your Lordship," said Dingle, " I think 'ow 



158 GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR. 

some thief has stolen that horse, for I have the key in 
my pocket, and the vagabond must have picked 
the lock." His Lordship had his own opinion, but 
said nothing, and it was not necessary at that time to 
do so, as the horse made his appearance in the com- 
pany of Mr. Splutter, the young lawyer, who had been 
in the country a short distance, to spend the day, and 
had left his entertainers early in the morning, to be in 
time for business. He had not gone far before he saw 
his Lordship's horse, saddled and bridled, entertaining 
himself by eating grass on the side of the road. 

Mr. Splutter knew the horse at once, and the horse 
knew him, for Splutter had ridden him in Rotten Row 
by the permission of his Lordship, for the latter, who 
had a kind feeling for the young lawyer, on account of 
his father, who had once been in his employ, and was 
always a good and faithful servant. 

His Lordship thanked his young friend for the resto- 
ration of the horse and gave him two sovereigns, 
which was probably the first fee that Mr. Splutter had 
received since he had been admitted as an attorney. 
This was the true account of the recovery of the 
property. 



VICISSITUDES OF FASHION. 159 

XXIY. 

VICISSITUDES OF FASHION. 

TT^HE ladies in London and also in New York and 
-■•- the other American cities dress so much in the 
same style, that it is difficult on seeing them in the 
Park or in any of the streets of London, to decide who 
are Americans and who are English. The fashions 
change here as often as they do in New York and 
Paris, indeed, a little too often for the benefit of the 
generality of the people. 

Why people in Europe and America should be in 
favor of changing the fashions so often is a mystery, 
when they know perfectly well that these continual 
changes are made by the milliners and dress-makers to 
increase their own business and profits. These cer- 
tainly cannot be blamed, for doing as well as possible, 
no more than people who are engaged in other kinds of 
business, but, when an article of dress is as good at the 
end of a year as it was at the beginning, it would seem 
as extravagant to throw it aside, as it would to throw 
aside a carpet, or any furniture purchased at the same 
tinie as the article of dress. 



160 VICISSITUDES OF FASHION. 

History is said to repeat itself, and the same may be 
said in regard to fashions ; for some of the fashions for 
ladies' bonnets at the present time are the same, (if the 
old fashion plates are correct,) as those of one hundred 
or more years ago. If the fashions are good, why 
change them ? and then go back to the old style. 

A Government may require a change to suit the 
times, but it would seem to be useless to make the 
change and then in a few years go back to the old 
form, for all of this trouble would be a waste of time ; 
and besides the new ideas formed by the change would 
be creeping up and agitating the people. 

The fashions are seldom changed in Spain, yet there 
is not a prettier or more becoming dress in the world 
than that of the Spanish ladies. 

These continual changes are expensive, and ruinous 
to some, and if ladies would adopt some becoming 
style, like the Spanish ladies, and adhere to it, they 
would appear a great deal better, and they would at 
the same time to a certain extent be public benefactors. 

In regard to the dress of gentlemen it is difficult to 
discover any change for the last twenty years or more, 
or not change enough for a gentleman to be ashamed 
of a coat made twenty years ago, if the same is good 



VICISSITUDES OF FASHION". 161 

and did not show by its being threadbare, that its 
owner was a miser or misanthropist. 

When we go to an opera or a theatre and see people, 
who by their dress and manners portray the same of 
the people of one or two hundred years ago, we come 
away perfectly charmed, and think the style of Louis 
XIV. very pretty and becoming, and for one change of 
fashion in those days, there are twenty now. 

Yet after writing this, I must say that I do like to 
see persons well dressed, and when they are not well 
attired they are disagreeable. 

All ladies may continue the fashions of the present 
time for years, and at the same time be well dressed. 
10 



162 JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 

XXV. 

JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 

r'pHE Serpentine River (or canal), by the permission 
Jl of the Government, is used by the people for a 
bathing place in the summer. Those who bathe in it 
are restricted as to the time, which is in the evening, 
or after the visitors leave the Park. 

Among the good swimmers is a man of about thirty 
years of age, one Joseph Cuff, who by his feats in 
swimming, attracts more than usual attention. 

He lives in a small town not far from London, at 
least not far for these times of rapid traveling. 

This person has never been engaged in any regular 
occupation, but is always ready to do anything that he 
can, with or without pay. 

He loses nothing by his willingness to oblige, for he 
picks up a good many shillings in the course of a year, 
and receives a large number of good dinners from 
people who are his friends and patrons. He is well 
known for miles around the town where he lives, and 
every one is his friend. He will carry children across 



JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 163 

the streets when the latter are muddy, and he will take 
orders to butchers, drapers, or any tradesmen for fami 
lies in the town, and everything that he does he does 
well, and gives entire satisfaction. 

People would call to him as he passed by and ask 
him if he would be so kind as to go somewhere and do 
something, and he would cheerfully do as he was 
asked. 

He had often been offered good situations, but would 
never accept of them, for he preferred being his own 
master. His usual dress was an entire corduroy suit, 
with a seal-skin cap. He wore this dress in doing 
rough work, but had better clothes for other kinds of 
occupations, such as were wanted for waiting at the 
table, and driving a gentleman's carriage, etc. On 
Sunday he regularly attended the small chapel, dressed 
in a good suit of black, and was always attentive to the 
sermon. 

When the pastor saw Cuff, he always spoke to him, 
and the invariable answer was, " I hope your Reverence 
is quite well," raising his hat at the time. 

Mr. Cuff was at every wedding, ball or social assem- 
bly of every kind that had been held in the town for 
fifteen years, always holding some position where he 



164 JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 

could see every person, and could probably give a 
better account of the proceedings than any other 
person. 

Cuff really seemed to enjoy life, which is more than 
a great many others do, who have the apparent luxuries 
of life. 

This good, honest, simple man was making a short 
visit to London, and was amusing himself and others in 
the Serpentine, by diving and remaining under the 
water longer than any other person, walking the water 
with his head and shoulders above the same, and then 
showing his feet above, his head being under the water 
at the same time. The other bathers were delighted 
and Cuff received many cheers and congratulations, for 
entertaining them. 

A showman three or four years ago, was going 
towards London with a large Arctic seal in a covered 
wagon. As he came to a lake on the outskirts of the 
town where Mr. Cuff lived, he concluded to give his 
seal a bath. He had a leather harness on the animal, 
with a long rope tied to it, so he could pull the animal 
ashore when he wished him to resume his journey. 
About the time that he had drawn the seal into the 
water, the rope broke or became separated from the 



JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 165 

harness, and the seal was loose, and appeared to enjoy 
his liberty. He jumped a number of feet from the 
water, standing on his head and on his tail, rolling over 
and swimming on his back and on his sides, and then 
dived, disappearing for nearly one-half of a minute, 
reappearing a hundred yards or more further from the 
shore. Nothing would induce him to come to his 
master or to pay the least attention to him, for he 
seemed determined to enjoy himself while he had the 
opportunity. 

The people assembled to see the seal and to enjoy his 
pranks, and his master's trouble. A boat was procured, 
and the showman, with three men rowed towards the 
seal with the intention of capturing him, by fastening 
fish to ropes, so when the seal swallowed the fish, he 
could be drawn to the boat and secured. 

The animal was too knowing for them. He looked 
at the fish when they were first displayed, as if he 
would like them very well, but was afraid of the ropes, 
and was pretty sure that they were to be used in 
some way to entangle him. Perhaps he had already 
partaken of a few fish from the lake, and knew that he 
could have some more when he wanted them. 

After the men in the boat had rowed around the 



166 JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 

animal for some time, and could do nothing for the 
owner of the seal, they concluded to row to the shore 
and hold a consultation. 

Mr. Cuff had by this time arrived, and when the 
boat touched the shore, stepped forward and said to 
the proprietor of the seal, " I beg pardon, Master, but 
I think I can catch that beast, if I may do it in my own 
way." 

The showman, after being informed of the name of 
the person who volunteered his services to recover his 
live property, answered, "Well, Mr. Cuff, if you can 
do so, you will do me a great favor, and receive ten 
shillings for your services." 

A rope was given to Cuff and he made a noose, 
similar to those used in South America for catching 
wild cattle. He then removed his coat and boots, 
retaining his other clothes, for he said that the creature 
might attempt to bite him, and his corduroys, woolen 
stockings and cap would be a protection, and he would 
take good care of his face and hands. By this time 
the greater part of the population of the town were on 
the border of the lake looking at Cuff and the seal. 

Cuff declared his intention of swimming to the seal, 
throwing the noose over him, and towing him ashore, 



JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 167 

for he said the animal could be caught in no other way, 
as he was afraid of the boats and the men in them. If 
the seal saw him with his old seal-skin cap, in the 
water, he would not slip away, but stop and look at 
the new object in the water, and then the noose could 
be thrown over his head, and the animal secured and 
towed to the land, and replaced in the wagon. 

The owner of the seal cautioned Cuff to be on his 
guard, as the animal might attempt to seize him, and if 
he was successful, could dive, and remain under the 
water long enough to drown him. 

He also told Cuff that these animals would bite as 
savagely as any ferocious dog, and warned him to 
care for himself, to put on a bold front, for seals were 
naturally cowardly, and would generally retreat, if 
their adversaries were bold, and came directly towards 
them. 

Cuff said that he was not afraid of any amphibeous 
animal, for he could stay under water as long as any of 
them, and he could drown some of them. Nor was he 
afraid of the creature's teeth, for Bill Jinks had a big 
bull dog, who had tried to bite through his corduroys 
when he took the beef from the dog that the latter 
had grabbed from Tilda as she was preparing it for 



168 JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 

dinner. That dog tugged away at them, and would 
not let go until he was choked off. The dog had left 
the marks of his teeth on them, but they were not 
injured. 

About this time the seal, which was more like a sea 
lion than a seal, came near the shore, pitching and 
diving about, and looking rather more formidable than 
Mr. Cuff supposed a seal could look. 

Cuff had a good view of the animal, and seemed to 
be a little nervous, but had gone too far to retreat 
with honor. Besides, all or nearly all of his compan- 
ions were present, with a large number of friends of 
the better classes, and if he should now back out, he 
would be disgraced for ever. 

He wound the rope around his waist, leaving several 
yards loose. 

Now he was ready, and jumping into the water, 
swam towards the place where he had last seen the 
seal. When he arrived there, the seal made his 
appearance, about ten yards in his front, and when the 
animal saw the fur cap, and the shoulders and arms of 
the swimmer, he remained motionless, and seemed 
surprised, as if he hardly knew what to do, whether to 
advance or retreat. Cuff was evidently afraid of the 



JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 169 

seal, which he thought was about to attack him. So 
he went under the water, and the seal disappeared 
at the same time. When the latter arose to the sur- 
face. Cuff was on his back, and slipped the noose over 
the head, and around the body of the seal, which would 
not slip from it, as the harness which it still wore 
kept the rope in its place, and held very firm, the 
noose being drawn very tight by Mr. Cuff. The seal 
now made another dive, carrying Cuff along with him, 
and when they arose, the rider looked a little care- 
worn and fatigued. 

The seal now commenced a series of extraordinary 
motions, such as swimming very fast, turning suddenly 
around, trying to jump from the water, and so on, but 
not being able to do so with Cuff on his back, would 
make a dive, and then dart through the water near the 
surface, invisible himself, but allowing Cuff's head to 
appear just above the water. Cuff afterwards said 
that he wished that he could have had a pair of spurs 
on his heels at that time, for he would have made the 
aggravating creature tired of his manoeuvres. Cuff 
still clung to the seal, and when the animal last 
appeared, his rider pulled off his old fur cap, and 
placed it over the eyes and head of the creature, who 



170 JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 

stopped, surprised and bewildered, and remained per- 
fectly still, when a boat containing the animal's owner 
and three others, came near, and the rope was caught, 
and Cuff and the seal were pulled into the boat, the 
first being taken on board, and the latter towed to the 
shore, and placed in the wagon. 

Mr. Cuff received a sovereign instead of ten shillings 
from the showman, and the people of the town gave 
him enough shillings to amount to several sovereigns. 
So this piece of work was the most profitable one that 
he had ever accomplished. 

After this episode in the life of Mr. Cuff, he was 
more popular than ever. If a serious accident had 
occurred to him in capturing the seal, it would have 
gone hard with the seal and its owner. When Cuff 
was in his dangerous situation, the^people began to 
look rather dark at the showman, and some said that he 
ought to be in Cuff's place. Others said that they 
wished the seal and his owner were where the seal first 
came from. 



THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 171 

XXYI. 
THE CONFIDENTIAL CLEKK. 

HISTORIANS, not being always accurate, differ 
(like common mortals,) in their accounts of gov- 
ernments, and the people in them, also in their 
accounts of battles, sieges, retreats, etc. One histo- 
rian writes of a battle where one army obtains a great 
victory, and the other army is badly defeated and 
retreats, leaving an overwhelming number of dead, 
wounded and prisoners behind them. Another histo- 
rian, in giving his account of the same affair, says that 
the so-called defeated army moved on for strategic 
purposes, in order to gain a good position, so that they 
could demolish the enemy when the opportunity for 
doing so arrived. Impartial persons may say that the 
army that moves on, sometimes move at a considerable 
distance, before they are satisfied with the position, 
and then when they find a good place for annihilating 
the enemy, something occurs to cause them to move on 
again, and they never seem to^find a good strategic 
position, until they reach their homes, or headquarters. 



172 THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 

If the historians in our time are not accurate, with 
the means at their command for being so, surely the 
old and ancient historians are not to be entirely relied 
upon, when they speak of millions of men in one 
army, and of an overwhelming number, (large enough 
to conquer an ordinary kingdom,) being defeated by a 
comparatively few soldiers, who are not enough in 
numbers to constitute half of a fair sized regiment in 
our time. 

One person writes a biography wherein the individ- 
ual is described as almost a fiend, and if that person is 
a woman, that she has been guilty of horrible crimes, 
and if she holds a high and strong position in the 
government where she lives, that no one is safe within 
that government. 

Another biographer will describe her as being kind 
and charitable, just and pious. 

Some will describe a king as a perfect monster of 
iniquity, guilty of the worst of crimes ; but in the 
course of time, some one else will write a more favora- 
ble account of this supposed monster, and when some 
persons reflect on the subject, they think that there 
might have been some good qualities in the character 
of the firm and unforgiving king, after all that had 
been written to the contrary. 



THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 173 

We are not compelled to believe a person who 
relates to us the history of his own life; but, if we 
write his biography, we should accept his statement, 
and leave inventions for another biography, or history. 

A gentleman in giving an account of the place 
where the most exciting part of his life was passed, 
said, "I was the contidential clerk in the old estab- 
lished warehouse, near the Docks. 

"I have a recollection, when I was a child, five years 
old, of living in London, in a good house, which was 
occupied by a gentlemen and his wife, with two female 
servants. The entire party were kind and honest 
people and I was always treated well by every one of 
them. I think that all of them are now living, as I 
have seen them quite recently. I was sent to a school 
in London, where I received a fair education; but 
during that time I lived with this family, and when I 
was sixteen years of age, I was placed by the gentle- 
man, (with whom I had lived as long as I remembered 
having lived anywhere,) in the old established ware- 
house, near the Docks. 

"From the age of five to sixteen, I had known 
nothing of my parents, and remained entirely ignorant 
on that subject until I had passed the age of twenty, 
when my father made himself known to me. 



174 THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 

" The proprietor of the warehouse was over fifty, and 
the house and tlie business had been "owned by his 
father and grandfather. 

'' He was a fine man, with splendid business qualifica- 
tions, and very wealthy for a person in that line of 
business. He was married and had one child, a 
daughter of nearly my age, who was at that time at a 
convent in France, where she was educated. 

" From the age of five to ten years, I had frequently 
inquired of my friends if they knew any thing of my 
father or mother, for other children had fathers and 
mothers, and I supposed that I was entitled to the 
same blessings. My guardian finally told me that I 
would never see my father or mother, and he hoped 
that I would never speak or ask any more questions 
about them. 

"I cried bitterly, but my protector placed me on his 
knee, and told me that I ought not to cry. I thought 
that his voice seemed strange, or entirely different 
from its usual sound, while his wife was weeping as if 
her heart would break. He then told me that I should 
think of other boys who had no parents, and were 
poor and miserable, without homes and without 
friends, and some children had bad fathers and 



THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 175 

mothers, who drank whiskey and gin, beat their 
children, and starved them. This pacified me, and I 
said no more about my parents. 

" When I went to the warehouse, I was employed as 
an assistant book-keeper, but in two years was the 
cashier, and held that position until I became a part- 
ner in the concern. There was, among the proprietor's 
employes, a young man who was in the house when I 
was employed, who had been there for about one year, 
and from the first day of my arrival, we had a mutual 
dislike for each other. He was about twenty-five years 
of age, rather tall, with black hair and cats' e3^es — 
the latter were unlike the eyes of a human being, and 
different from any that I have ever seen. He was very 
active, and sometimes rather noisy, but had considera- 
ble ability, and was considered to be a valuable clerk. 
He did a part of the out-of-doors work, and did it 
well, but I never liked or trusted him, and I very rare- 
ly spoke to him, or he to me, unless the affairs of the 
concern compelled us to do so. After I had been 
promoted to the position of cashier, the proprietor's 
daughter came home, having finished her education, 
and one day she and her mother came in a carriage to 
the warehouse. 



176 THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK 

" I had never seen such a lovely girl as this, and she 
was apparently as accomplished, sensible and good, as 
she was beautiful. The fact of the matter was, I was 
at first sight in love with her, and she knew that such 
was the fact, but whether her mother, who introduced 
us, was at that time aware of it, I am unable to deter- 
mine. 

" The clerk with the black hair was also introduced to 
the young lady, and in a moment I saw the impression 
that she had made upon him, and I can assure you that 
the previous impression that he had made upon me, 
was not removed by that which the young lady had 
made upon him. 

" She looked at him with a look of wonder, and I am 
sure that from that day she never spoke to him, and 
only gave a slight nod to him when she visited the 
warehouse. 

"I had been accustomed to place in a drawer of the 
writing desk a little money, amounting to thirty 
pounds, for paying small sums during the day, and the 
money consisted of sovereigns, half sovereigns, silver 
and copper. 

" There was a young man or boy in the warehouse, 
about seventeen years of age, who attended to a 



THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 177 

portion of the out-of-doors work, and who was liked 
by every one in the house, even by the cat-eyed man, 
if he could like any one but the fair daughter of the 
proprietor. One day I went to lunch, and forgot to 
lock the cash drawer in my desk, and when I returned, 
the cat-eyed man and the boy were in front of the 
desk, not very far from it. I saw that the boy was 
pale and agitated, but the man was humming an 
opera air. 

''The boy appeared anxious to speak to me, but 
seemed afraid to do so until the other went away. I 
thought there was something wrong with that desk, 
and never left it for a moment that afternoon, until the 
house was closed. The boy was sent out of the house 
to attend to some business, and the man was inside 
nearly the entire afternoon. I saw that he kept near 
the desk, and I knew then very well that he wanted to 
slip some money into that drawer, that he had taken 
out of it when I had gone for my lunch. During the 
afternoon he stooped down, and among the pieces of 
torn paper under the desk and under the cash drawer, 
he caught up a piece of paper which he had evidently 
dropped, at the same time exclaiming, ' There, I have 
found it finally, and how it came there I can't tell,' 
11 



178 THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 

and he began his opera tune again, and went about 
half way down the room. The boy's work kept him 
away, and he did not return when the house was 
closed, and I saw him no more alive. When I counted 
the cash that evening, there were two sovereigns short. 
The man with the green eyes was not far off, and I 
said that the cash was short two sovereigns, when he 
looked at me with those animal eyes, and shortly said, 
'Well, that is strange, are you sure that you have 
counted it right ? ' ' Quite sure,' said I, for I 
thought that I had him fast. 

" I was mistaken. He said : ' That old rickety desk 
and drawer are not fit for money or any thing else. I 
shouldn't be surprised if the money had dropped on 
the floor in some way ; and you know when you are 
paying the little bills, and a number of men around, 
you very often have a heap of sovereigns and silver on 
the top of that old desk, which slopes down more than 
any I ever saw, and I have often wondered at your not 
dropping the whole lot of gold and every thing else, 
among the rubbish on the floor.' This he spoke 
rather sharply. 

" What he said was true, and I did at one time drop 
the greater part of the contents of the drawer on the 



THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 179 

floor, and had some trouble in finding it all again. 
While I was considering this matter, and thinking that 
I would be more careful, this man said : ' There they 
are, as I supposed, among the papers,' and he gave me 
a contemptuous look and walked down the room. 

"I had agreed to meet a friend that evening, to 
accompany him to the theatre, and as soon as I had 
locked the safe, I hurried away to eat my dinner and 
meet my friend. 

"The next morning, the boy, who was out all the 
afternoon, was found dead in his bed, without the 
least marks of violence, although his features were 
distorted. An inquest was held, and it was found that 
he had died from some cause unknown, a post-mortem 
examination having taken place previously. 

"This fellow clerk who found the money, was too 
much for me in some things. He was present at the 
inquest and funeral, and as composed as I ever saw 
him. The proprietor, his wife and daughter, and all 
the employes, were greatly shocked and grieved at the 
death of the nice little fellow, for he was a favorite 
with all of them. I say nothing about the mean 
rascal, when I speak of this grief. 

" I had passed the age of nineteen and for some time 



ISO THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 

had (at the invitation of my employer,) visited his 
house, where I was always well received by the 
daughter and her mother, and intended to make 
known my wishes in regard to the daughter when I 
was twenty years old. The father told me one 
day that if I never knew my parents, he knew very 
well that my father was considerably above the middle 
classes. He said that he was informed of the fact by 
his friend, the gentleman who procured me the situa- 
tion, and that was enough for him to know. 

" I asked him if he knew anything about my mother, 
and he said that he only knew that my father and 
mother were married in a small town in Scotland, and 
lived in London, until my mother died. He said that 
he only knew this recently, and that I must not be 
surprised if I saw my father in the course of six 
months or in less time, for he was abroad at present, 
and he might return in that time or in a less time, if he 
could leave his business. 

" I had already passed the age of twenty, and I had 
said nothing to my employer about his daughter, after 
the information I had received from him about my 
parents, which gave me more pleasure than any news 
that I ever received. 



THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 181 

"About this time an event occurred which ought to 
have occurred four years before. One morning a 
gentleman paid us some money in gold instead of 
giving a cheque, but he had just arrived from Ger- 
many, and had several large gold coins that he 
knew we would take at their full value, and the 
amount was about the value of ten sovereigns. This 
money was on one of the desks, and left there, while I 
stepped into the private room to have some conversa- 
tion with this gentleman, and when I returned these 
foreign coins were gone. We had lately employed two 
new men to do rough work, and they were not very 
nice in manners. This morning there was a great deal 
of work to do, and there was considerable noise not 
far from the desk. When I came from the private 
room, the rascal of the house was in the room above, 
but soon appeared humming his old opera tune. I 
spoke of the absence of the coins, and he stared 
at me, and then at the porters. I asked the person 
who paid them to me if he would know them, and 
he said he could swear to them, for he had carried them 
so long, that they were as familiar to him as his watch. 

" ' Now, while I think of it,' said he, ' I remember 
one day in looking at them I scratched the letters on 



182 THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 

them which are contained in my name.' Our rascal 
with the wonderful eyes was in reality a miser, and 
one day before this occurrence I happened to be in a 
place rather obscure, where I saw this gentleman go 
into a sort of money-changing shop, and I knew that if 
he had stolen these coins, he would go to that very 
place to change them, sometime during the day, and 
I was not mistaken. 

" He went out to attend to some business, and when 
he returned, I went out also, and meeting the gentle- 
man who had paid me the coins, we procured a cab 
and drove to the money-changer's, who was a fat, 
good-natured Dutch Jew. 

" The thief, like the miser he was, wanted good solid 
English sovereigns, and procured these before he 
attended to the business for the house. 

" The Jew produced the foreign coins, getting a pretty 
good commission for his services. So he made a profit 
in both transactions. He said he ' vos very poor man, 
and he muscht live, for he had scho much bigger 
famalisch like oscher mens, and muscht have de 
moneish to schuport dem.' 

"In a few minutes, we, including Mr. Moss, were in a 
cab, and in a few more minutes we were in the ware- 



THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 183 

house, with two policemen at each door, and with Mr. 
Moss inside, near the door. 

" When we made our appearance the eyes of the thief 
and murderer (although the latter crime could not 
have been proved to have been committed by him,) 
were rather dim. 

" The proprietor, who had been at the desk during 
my absence, was one of the number who confronted 
this wretched man. 

" He had always drawn the full amount of his salary, 
at the end of every week, and as this exciting day was 
Monday, he was very nearly even with the house. 

" When he was caught, he writhed like a snake whose 
head was under the foot of a man. He drew from his 
pocket the money which he had received from the Jew, 
and gave it to his master, giving me a look which 
made me shiver, and said to me, 'If ever I hated a 
person in this infernal world, I hate you, and if it 
were not for the disgrace of the gallows, I would kill 
you as soon as I would an Indian cobra.' In a whis- 
per, so low that it could not be heard by any one but 
himself as I came near and bent towards him, I said, 
' Johnny Wilton ! ' when he fell back against the side of 
the building, as if he had received a mortal wound. 



184 THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 

He soon partially raised his head, and stood leaning 
against the wall, looking in different ways, like a 
baffled hyena — portraying the worst passions of a 
human being; viz., despair, misery, hatred, terror, 
rage and revenge. Ten sovereigns were offered him 
by his master, which he declined to receive. He had 
no need for them, as he had several hundred coins of 
the same value. He was then warned by me that he 
must not be seen in any part of the United Kingdom 
in twenty-four hours from that time. 

" When I had said this, he turned to leave the house, 
and when he had taken two or three steps, he turned 
his face towards mine, giving me a look that I shall 
never forget, for it is before me in the daytime, and in 
my dreams. 

*' When Mr. Moss heard my last words to his former 
customer, he suddenly departed, and I understood that 
his bank, pawnbroker's shop, or old clothes warehouse, 
was not opened until two days after my sentence was 
spoken to the unfortunate man. 

" I never knew what became of my once fellow clerk, 
but I once thought that I saw him in Paris. If it was 
he, he soon disappeared in one of the narrowest 
streets, leading into the Avenue des Champs Elys^es. 



THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 185 

"A short time after the departure of the dishonest 
clerk, I received a letter from my father, desiring me 
to visit him at a certain hour of the day, at the hotel 
where he was living. 

" When the day and hour arrived for this visit, with 
some little nervousness I went to the hotel, and sent in 
my card. In a few minutes I was in the presence of 
as fine a looking gentleman as I had ever seen. 

" As I entered the room he rose from his seat, and, 
after looking at me for a moment, caught me in his 
arms, and with a voice full of emotion he said, ' Well, 
my dear boy, we have met at last, and we should never 
have parted.' 

" He then passed a few compliments, which I will not 
repeat, as I always was a very modest person. 

" I behaved as I should have done, and as I had done 
nothing to be ashamed of, I did not cry much. 

" My father then told me how he married my mother, 
who was a poor, but a very beautiful girl, and they 
were very much attached to each other. He said that 
they were married in Scotland, but only a few persons 
knew of the marriage. 

"Afterwards they lived privately in London, and 
about two years after I was born my mother died, and 



186 THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK:. 

my father said that he had never been so happy as he 
was when they were living together. 

"My father then said that he ought to have pro- 
claimed the marriage, but like a coward, was afraid of 
his relations. He said that he had got over that 
nonsense now, and that I should be proclaimed as his 
son and heir. 

"Six months after this I married my employer's 
daughter, and about the same time became a partner 
in the old established warehouse near the Docks." 



THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 187 

XXYII. 

THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 

FROM the beginning of the reign of Charles the 
Second, to the accession of George the Third, a 
period of one hundred j^ears, the morals of the English 
people were far inferior to what they have been since 
the termination of that period. 

Cromwell governed the country with rigor, and all 
classes were afraid of him, at home and abroad. 

But when the easy, pleasure-loving Charles the 
Second ascended the throne, the people were to a cer- 
tain degree unrestrained, and licentiousness and petty 
and greater crimes were not exceptions. 

When James the Second became King, instead of 
following the example of Charles, he, by the advice 
and aid of Judge Jeffreys, pursued a course which was 
the reverse of that of Charles. 

James was of a gloomy disposition, and not popular 
with the people. 

One day he said to Charles that he had better change 
his mode of life, for the people might become dissatis- 
fied, and told him to remember his father. 



188 THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 

Charles replied, "There is no fear, James, of the 
people killing or dethroning me^ to make you king," 
and from that time James let Charles have his own 
way. 

After James was dethroned by William and his wife, 
(James' eldest daughter,) William and Mary governed 
strictly, but well, and the people were pretty well 
contented — compared with their contentment during 
the reign of James and his dear friend Jeffreys, the 
latter loving the people so well that he sent them out 
of the world, when he had an opportunity of doing so, 
as a criminal judge, thinking them too good for this 
place, and that the sooner they were out of it the 
better. 

When Queen Anne came to the throne, the so-called 
masses broke loose, for they had been under restraint 
long enough, and although stealing for great or small 
amounts was a capital crime, and more persons bid the 
world adieu at Tyburn than in any other period of 
twelve years, crimes large and small were very 
numerous. 

The Duke of Marlborough was carrying everything 
before him, and it seemed as if he and Prince Eugene 
of Savoy could go where they pleased, and stay as 



THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 189 

long as they pleased, with or without the permission of 
any person or any number of persons ; and some may 
now think that the Duke of Marlborough was the 
greatest of all English captains; and some of these 
persons may be strictly impartial regarding soldiers 
and civilians. 

It naturally followed that there were large numbers 
of disbanded soldiers — some who were, and some who 
were not, wounded, were turned loose ; after fighting 
in as bloody contests as had taken place since fire-arms 
were invented. But the morals of the people were not 
improved by the accession to their numbers of these 
discharged soldiers. Men fought gallantly in those 
glorious battles of Marlborough, but when they w'ere 
out of the army, were different men.* 

There were also some fine victories attained by the 
English on the sea during the short reign of Queen 
Anne, during twelve years. It may be truly said that 
her reign was short and glorious. 

About fifty years after her death, a very old man 
died in fair circumstances, as regards his worldly 

* People may erect statuary for a great general, with epitaplis, 
biography and sonnets, all flattering ; but they should also remem- 
ber the greater generals before him. 



190 THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 

condition. In a small drawer was found a written 
history of a society which was called, " The Secret 
Organization, in the small Court near the Main 
Thoroughfare." 

The person who wrote the history of this Society, 
does not state that he was a member, for the first 
person is never mentioned; but if he was a member, 
he must have been the last living one, the moment 
before his death, for in the history he writes of no 
member of the organization being younger than forty 
years of age, at the time when Queen Anne died. 

In a small court, which is entered by a narrow 
street or lane, is an old house of three stories, built 
of brick and stone, with small windows and large 
doors ; this house and surroundings having an ancient 
appearance. 

All of the houses in the court were said to have been 
built in the reign of Edward the Fourth, and after- 
wards a wide street was made near this court, which 
became the main thoroughfare. 

The house had been vacant for more than six 
months, when it was taken by the main organizer of 
the Society. 

At the beginning of the reign of Queen Anne, this 



THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 191 

Society was formed for the purpose of placing the son 
of James the Second, the King de jure^ (known as 
the Chevalier St. George,) on the throne of England. 

The house in the small court was the most suitable 
place for the meetings, as it would escape the observa- 
tion of persons living in the main streets, or in the 
narrow streets and alleys near the court. 

On the ground-floor there was a door leading to an 
alley in the rear of the house; this alley led to a 
narrow street which had a number of streets leading to 
it, one of these leading to the main thoroughfare. 
This door had every appearance of being a perma- 
nently closed door or large window from the outside, 
and from the inside of the house it would never be 
noticed, for it had the uniform appearance of the other 
parts of the wall, which were not in a very good 
condition. 

The chief organizer of the party, in looking at the 
room when hiring the house, and remarking on the 
bad condition of the wall, happened to rap with his 
walking-stick on the place where the supposed closed 
door or window was situated. He did not mention his 
discovery at the time ; but, as soon as he was alone, 
tried the door and opened it without much difficulty, 



192 THE CHETALIEK ST. GEOKGE. 

and as soon as tho Society ^yas formed, every member 
was made acquainted with the new way of exit, which 
was only to be made in a case of emergency. 

The number of members at tirst was tifteen, 
eventually increased to twenty-seven, Xo less number 
than the first which composed the organization, wi\s 
known until the year when the Chevalier St. George 
embarked at ^lontrose. for France, after having been 
entirely tmsuccessful in his expedition, and to the 
great grief, mortification and disappointment of the 
Secret Society, and when they met, such weeping, 
tearing of hair, recriminations and execrations, were 
never heard before or since within tlie walls of the 
house in the small court. Two of the members had 
lost their lives at the battle of Dunblane, and three 
more were wounded, but not seriously. Some of the 
members execrated the Earl of Mar, and some the 
Pretender, (^as he was called by the King dc facto and 
his adherents,^ and some execrated both of them. 

When the Chevalier arrived in Scotland, the fighting 
was all over, and about the first thing that he did after 
this was to get away again as soon as possible, and the 
little French ship at Montrose was in the right place at 
exactly the right time, for tliis. 



THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 193 

All of this trouble occurred in the early part of the 
reign of George the First ; but the Chevalier, in the 
reign of Queene Anne, had attempted to land in 
Scotland, but having seen some English ships that he 
supposed were after him, concluded to go back to 
France. 

It was not for any personal love for the Chevalier 
St. George, that the secret society espoused his cause ; 
it was the love they had always borne for his mother, 
Mary of Modena, and for their love of the Catholic 
faith. They all thought that this religion ought to be 
the religion of Europe, and that the Church should be 
supreme and have unlimited power. 

When the Society was organized, every member was 
to be unmarried, and no one was to be dependent 
on any of them for support; but at any time, if any 
members wished to marr}^ they must notify every 
other member, and then withdraw from the Society 
and never enter the house where the meetings were 
held. 

The rules regarding traitors were such that there 

was no danger of any one of the organization, (unless 

he should become a lunatic,) giving any information 

to the Government regarding the movements of the 

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194 THE CHEVALIER ST. GEOKGE. 

Society, or of the party who were working for the 
Chevalier. There were none of the members, who 
ever betrayed their comrades ; but there were a 
number of persons of the other party, who did not 
belong to the Society, who had better been quiet, and 
not have meddled with the adherents of the son of 
James the Second, the king de jure. 

The members of the organization were supposed to 
have some regular occupation, and they must be so 
situated that they must appear to be engaged when 
any one entered their rooms, which were in various 
parts of the city ; thus some appeared to be engaged in 
one occupation, and some in another ; but in reality, 
they did little or nothing. After doing all that they 
possibly could do for the great cause — and for this 
cause no crime was too great for them to risk their 
honor, if they had any, or their lives — and when 
every soul of them knew that there were large 
numbers of persons who were executed at Tyburn, 
whose places should have been filled by the members 
and some others of their party, these members some- 
times felt a little grim and insecure. 

Every night before eight o'clock, each had to show 
himself if he was in the city and not ill ; but there was 



THE CHEVALIER ST. GEOPwGE. 195 

no letter writing, and no messages were sent. One old 
Catholic acted as the servant, did his work well, and 
held his tongue ; but for any one to say a word against 
the Old faith, or to doubt the infallibility of the Pope, 
was the greatest of all crimes to him. Most of the 
members were poor, but plenty of money was supplied 
to the organization, and this came from all parts of 
Catholic Europe. To avoid suspicion, there were 
musical instruments in the rooms, and there were 
some good performers and vocalists, who, at times were 
quite enlivening to that dismal neighborhood. Cards, 
chess, and draughts were sometimes played. 

If any of the members were arrested, no influence 
of the Catholic party, either at home or abroad, nor 
any amount of money, was spared to procure his 
liberty. 

During the reign of Queen Anne, and until the 
Chevalier embarked at Montrose for France, every one 
of the organization had his duties to perform — some 
in London, and in various parts of England and Scot- 
land — visiting London frequently; and others were 
abroad, mostly in France. They all worked and 
worked hard ; and if the leaders of the Catholic party 
had done their duty, there might have been better 
results. 



196 THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 

The most zealous of the society had knelt before 
the Pope, receiving his blessing, and had assisted the 
exiled king's wife, when she retreated, (on the advent 
of William and Mary,) from England, receiving also 
her blessing. 

When he first saw her, she was standing on the 
banks of the river, being greatly agitated and in tears. 
The little Chevalier was much frightened and clung to 
his mother, crying as onl}^ a frightened child could cry, 
and stout, rough-appearing men cried like children. 

When we consider the fact of a King being deposed 
and driven from his country, and his lovely Queen, 
(with his child,) standing on the banks of the Thames, 
waiting for a boat, with a number of persons — who 
were mostly of a rough appearance — we cannot 
wonder at the friends of the ruined King and Queen 
espousing their cause. 

In Queen Anne's reign, at various times, a number 
of persons came to the house in the small court for 
refuge, and when the house was searched, made their 
exit through the secret door, which was opened and 
closed in a few moments; all being done almost as 
soon as the knocking on the public door in the court 
had ceased. 



THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 197 

The active member had received as a present from 
persons abroad, some diamonds, which were valued at 
several thousand guineas, and as he wanted money, he 
sold them to a Jew, to whom he said that the dia- 
monds were a present from some friends; but the 
Israelite, whose eyes glittered — like the eyes of a 
snake — when he saw the precious gems, evidently 
thought they had been stolen ; and during the negoti- 
ations for their transfer, Mr. Ishmael intimated to the 
owner of the diamonds that he was greatly indebted to 
him for offering to buy them at any price, as it was a 
dangerous proceeding. The owner told him that if he 
ever should be so unfortunate as to be compelled to 
pay a visit to Tyburn, Mr. Moses Ishmael would be 
there to receive him — unless he should conclude to 
wander like his namesake of old, through the desert. 
The Jew said he " was only shoking, and that the 
proprietor of the shewels could never take a shoke." 

The diamonds were finally sold to the Jew, and the 
money obtained for them enabled their former owner 
to live in ease and comfort to the end of his life. 

After the unsuccessful attempt of the Chevalier de 
St. George to ascend the English throne, the partisans 
abandoned nearly all of their hopes of the Stuart 



198 THE CHEYALIER ST. GEORGE. 

restoration ; and one night, ten of the members of the 
secret organization were alarmed by a loud knocking 
at the door in the court, and by looking through the 
blinds, a number of soldiers were seen. The secret 
door was opened and closed, as the entire party, 
(including the old servant,) made their exit, and from 
that time there no longer existed the secret organi- 
zation in the small court near the main thoroughfare. 



HYDE PAKK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 199 

XXVIII. 
HYDE PARK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 

DURING the reign of Charles I., Hyde Park was 
opened to the public as a pleasure ground, and 
during his reign there were horse and foot races in 
the place, which were seen and enjoyed b}^ the King 
and the Royal Party. 

There was a gentleman named Henry Marten, an 
M. P., who was disliked by the King. When the 
Monarch saw him, he said quite loud, " Let that ugly 
man leave the Park, or I will not stay to see the sport." 
Mr. Marten was said to have signed his name next to 
Cromwell's when the King was condemned. 

Our author states that Cromwell threw ink in 
Marten's face, as a joke, and that Marten returned 
the compliment by smearing Cromwell's face in rough 
return, but the story has to be taken only for just what 
it is worth. 

In the first year of the Civil War, a fort was erected 
where Hamilton Place, Piccadilly, now stands, which 
was mostly built by the money and energy of ladies of 



200 HYDE PAKE IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 

title, who were intensely loyal to King Charles. This 
fort was demolished in 1647 by order of the House of 
Commons, as there was no further use for it. 

At the north-eastern corner of Hyde Park, a guard- 
house was erected, and a close watch was kept over all 
who went along the road to Oxford, where the Court 
then resided. 

One day, a poor man named Thomas Fuller, an 
obscure lecturer at the Savoy, was arrested, who 
showed a pass from the Parliament to the vigilant sen- 
tries, but the Captain of the Guard said he would see 
that he did carry nothing but what he had a warrant 
for. Several petitions to the King and other papers 
were found in the pockets of the lecturer, and he was 
taken back to Parliament by a troop of soldiers. 

The Park during these troubled times continued a 
place of public resort, but in 1645, orders were given 
that it should be kept shut, and that no person be 
allowed to go into it, on Sundays, Fast and Thanks- 
giving days. 

On the 31st of May, 1650, there was a great military 
display in the Park. His Highness, the Lord Lieuten- 
ant of Ireland, Oliver Cromwell by name, returned to 
London, after the wars in that country. As he passed 



HYDE PARK m SEVERAL REIGNS. 201 

through the Park, the great guns fired salutes, whilst 
one regiment, Avhich was drawn up, fired a volley. A 
flatterer was said to have remarked to Oliver, that he 
seemed to have the voice of the people, as well as the 
voice of God. " As to God," replied Cromwell, " We 
will not talk about him here, but for the people, they 
would be just as noisy if they were going to see me 
hanged." 

In 1658 Cromwell died, and was buried in Westmin- 
ster Abbey, where his remains rested until 1660, when 
they were dug up, hanged on a gibbet, quartered and 
burnt, by orders of Charles the Second. 

On the accession of Charles, Hyde Park soon became 
what it had been before the Civil War, the rendezvous 
of fashion, and very soon after the members of the 
Royal family were safely lodged in the palaces of St. 
James and Whitehall, when they commenced their 
round of amusements, Hyde Park forming part of 
the programme. 

At that time the new riding garb, the Amazone, as 
it was called, came into fashion, and the present 
long -skirted habit is said to have originated from 
the Amazone. Until then the ladies had worn the 
usual walking-dress on horseback. 



202 HYDE PARK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 

There was at this time a place called The Ring, 
where the people of fashion used to drive, and it was 
sometimes called The Tour. 

During the reign of Charles IL, he sometimes 
reviewed the troops in Hyde Park. They were 
nearly all young men of a handsome appearance, and 
the uniform was gallant and picturesque in the extreme. 
They wore round cavalier hats, with a profusion of 
white feathers, scarlet coats covered with gold lace; 
wide sleeves slashed in front ; large white linen collars 
turned over the neck ; scarlet sashes round their 
waists; jack-boots coming up very high, and large 
ruffles round the waist. Their horses were all black, 
and the long tails on field-days were tied up with 
ribbons, which also ornamented their heads and manes. 
These ribbons in the first troop were blue, in the second 
green, and in the third yellow. In this gaudy costume 
they must have presented a splendid sight, as they rode 
past the King. 

Coaches with glass window were invented at this 
time, but the ladies did not like being shut up in 
them, for they could not show themselves. 

The Park was very dull in 1665, which was the year 
of the Great Plague, and the greater part of the 



HYDE PARK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 203 

fashionable world left the metropolis, and even the 
kingdom, but two or three years after, everything was 
as lively as ever. 

There were games of all kinds in the Park in the 
reigns of Charles the First and his sons, and shows and 
reviews ; in fact almost every variety of amusement, 
and people were frequently known, in pleasant weather, 
to spend the entire day in the place, as they do now in 
the Parks in France. 

In the reigns of James the Second, and William and 
Mary, the Park had lost something of its gayety, but 
still the people went there to drive, ride and walk, and 
there were military reviews. Sometime in the year 
1700, two captains of the guards fought a duel with 
swords and one of them was killed, and in the follow- 
ing year a colonel was killed by a captain, and about 
ten years after, a duel was fought by a duke and 
another peer in the same place, and both died shortly 
after the combat. 

In 1715, there were several Roman Catholic riots in 
London, when George I. was insulted, and also his 
followers. The friends of the Stuarts were rejoicing 
in the hope of the restoration of that banished 
dynasty, and were praising and celebrating the birth- 



204 HYDE PARK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 

day of James the Second's son. The Protestant 
party retaliated by burning the Pretender in e&igj, 
and the Stuart faction did the same by King William. 
During the reign of Queen Anne, St. James's Park was 
the place for military executions, but a few took place 
in Hyde Park, and some were flogged there for insub- 
ordination. 

In 1723, there was a grand review on the King's 
birthday, and a large amount of mutton, beef and beer 
were given to the soldiers. George I., and all of the 
other Kings of that name knew well how to conciliate 
the people, and that the best way to gain the good 
will of the masses was to give them plenty of good 
provisions. 

The Serpentine was formed during the reign of 
George II., about the year 1735, but a number of 
improvements have been made on it since. The old 
Ring or drive, was deserted shortly after the grand road 
for equestrians and that for carriages were opened, 
about 1738. The latter was called Rotten Row, several 
years afterwards. 

About, 1750 several people were robbed in their 
carriages, on horseback and on foot. Many of the 
highwaymen were arrested and executed at Tyburn, 
in view of the scene of their misdeeds. 



HYDE PAKK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 205 

When George III. came to the throne, duelling was 
still the rage, and John Wilkes, who appeared to be 
always in trouble about something, fought a duel 
with a Mr. Martin, M. P. for Camelford. The duel 
was fought with pistols and Wilkes was wounded. 

In the early part of the reign of George III., during 
a very severe frost, the snow covered the entire coun- 
try, and sleds were hastily constructed like those in 
Norway and other cold countries. 

Duels continued during the greater part of the reign 
of George III. One of the latest was fought in 1803, 
between two officers in the English army, one of whom 
was killed. 

The American trouble began in earnest in 1775, and 
Hyde Park was used in a great measure for drilling 
men for soldiers, who " were going to give the Colonists 
a lesson that they would not forget in a hurry." They 
were going to let the Dutch Hessians commence the 
work, and set the Americans running; the British 
Invincibles would come in and catch them, and bring 
them all to England, when the war would be over. 
Somehow or other, this game was not won, and they 
said if General so-and-so had done differently, there 
would have been better results. There was always 



206 HYDE PARK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 

something the matter with their generals on land, and 
something generally wrong with their admirals on the 
water, both in 1775 and 1814. 

The Parks were used extensively for camps during 
the Lord George Gordon riots in 1780; but these 
lasted only about four days. In that time, a large 
amount of property was destroyed and several lives 
lost. Lord George Gordon feared that the Roman 
Catholics would obtain the ascendency, but as they did 
not constitute one-fifth of the population in England 
and Scotland, his fears would seem to have been 
groundless. 

Sunday was the fashionable day for Hyde Park, but, 
as may be supposed, there was a general mixture of 
people, and the people in England were as well repre- 
sented then in the Park as they are now at the Eaces. 

In the year 1798, a regiment was formed which was 
called " The ragged regiment of cavalry." They were 
said to have been the most motley crowd that ever 
took the field. Men of all sizes, from the smallest that 
could be found in the kingdom to the largest, with the 
smallest and largest horses that could be obtained in 
the country. The smallest men were placed on 
immense horses, and the largest men vice versa. There 



HYDE PARK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 207 

was no attempt to uniform tliem. Every one dressed 
to please himself, but the organization only lasted for 
a short time. 

The fashions of the ladies' dresses at this time were 
probably more absurd than they have been in any age, 
and the other sex were not very far behind in absur- 
dity in dress. It would be almost impossible to give 
anything like an accurate description of the fashionable 
dresses of ladies and gentlemen of that period. 

About 1816, the Park was not in the condition that 
it is at the present time, and the roads and walks were 
few in comparison with those of the present. 

Chairs were admitted into the Park in the early 
part of the reign of George IV. There has probably 
not been much change in Hyde Park for the last fifty 
years, with the exception of better roads, and a larger 
collection of trees, shrubs and flowers. 



208 VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. 

XXIX. 
VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. 

THE ENGLISH people, as a class, are the most 
conventional in the world, and their customs and 
amusements are continued from one generation to 
another, with a persistency unparalleled by any other 
people. 

In all amusements, including horse-racing, fox-hunt- 
ing, cricket playing, rowing, and other recreations, 
the same interest is undoubtedly manifested at the 
present time, as was manifested a hundred years ago, 
and in some amusements there is more pleasure derived 
from them now than there has ever been since they 
were first invented. 

If a gentleman wishes to sell his fox-hounds, there is 
always a buyer for them who will pay a good price, 
and I have been informed by an English gentleman, 
that he has never known a fox-hunting station to 
become extinct, but on the contrary, has known 
many new ones formed. Whatever misfortune may 
happen to the country, this sport is sure to be main- 
tained. 



VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. 209 

If a farmer objects to have the hunters riding 
through his wheat fields, he becomes unpopular — 
not only with the gentry and their families, but by all 
others in the country, or wherever he is known. His 
name is sure to appear in the newspapers, and he is 
execrated by all sportsmen, and the sooner he makes 
an humble apology by removing the obstacle, the 
better for him ; otherwise he might as well leave the 
country and never return, for he will have no peace 
at home. 

Ladies sometimes ride after the hounds, and have 
been the first, or among the first, nearest the fox when 
he is killed. The English ladies are undoubtedly the 
finest equestrians in the world. 

At all of the races the number of the people increases 
every year, with more horses, and more profits and 
losses, and more everlasting ruin to a large number of 
people. 

I once went to the Derby, and it was a sight for 
one who had never before seen a great English 
horse-race. The newspapers reported the many thou- 
sands of persons who were on the grounds that day. 
Some classes are never seen at any other place, except 
by their companions, or by the police. How they get 
13 



210 VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. 

there, or what they do when they get there, or how 
they manage to get away, they may know, but others 
do not know. Some are masses of rags, without shoes, 
and some are without hats. They hang around the 
restaurants, to see if they cannot pick up some pieces 
of bread and meat which may be thrown to them, or to 
find some which has fallen to the ground. 

I saw a young man who was under a table, and he 
found the bone of a mutton cutlet, which he seized, 
eating the small amount of meat remaining on the 
bone, as eagerly as a hungry dog. A few feet from 
this young man, were persons in rich equipages, who 
apparently had every thing that money or credit could 
procure. 

The custom of gambling in public places has been 
abolished in spite of conventionalism, and is not likely 
to be re-established. But more is lost at one of the 
races in a day than ever was lost in one gambling house 
for a month. There is not much difference between 
the two, only one is the betting place and the other is 
the gambling place. As far as the results are con- 
cerned, there would seem to be a distinction without a 
difference. 

When we hear of gambling-houses being suppressed, 



VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. 211 

and other evils following in their train, and then see 
one of these races patronized by the highest in the 
land, a disinterested person cannot help thinking that 
these horse-races should follow, either among the last 
or in the rear. 

The boat-races on the Thames in April are more 
popular than ever, and probably will be more popular 
in the future than they have been in the past. The 
boats are rowed from Putney to Mortlake, which is 
about four miles, and for that distance on the day of 
the race the banks of the river are lined with people. 
Every house is filled, or every house would be filled if 
the occupants would allow the spectators to fill them, 
and steamboats and every style of craft are full of peo- 
ple. The ladies wear the colors of the boat crews, — a 
light blue for Cambridge and a darker blue for Oxford. 
When the news of the result arrives, the friends of 
both parties are in the same spirits as people usually 
are in all contests. 

Cricket playing is a very popular amusement in 
England, the game being played by pretty large 
men, middle-sized men, youths, boys and small boys. 
Sometimes they bat each other instead of batting the 
ball, but only by accident, of course. 



212 VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. 

The American game of pools is pla3^ed but very 
little in England, and it is not popular when it is 
played. 

At the opera, in England as in other countries, tKe 
people are seen in their best colors, or I should say in 
their best style, and the sight is very imposing, or to 
use another word, very grand. Some of the young 
gentlemen with their lorgnettes seem to watch the 
motions of others when the applause and encore are 
given, rather more than they do their own emotions. 

Mr. Adolphus Fitz Noodle watches very carefully 
where the applause comes from, before he consents to 
join, for if it comes from the regions far above, Adol- 
phus is mute, and is engaged with the lorgnette. 

For a long period of time, it was the custom to 
walk in the Park on Sunday afternoons, and on that 
day there were more pedestrians in the place than on 
any other day of the week. But the people became 
more promiscuous every year, and the best classes 
remain at home on Sunday afternoons, or visit other 
places more select. 

About three years ago, some of the persons who 
lived in Park Lane and Belgravia, met in a quiet part 
of the Park on Sunday afternoons, and as they found it 



VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. 213 

very pleasant to see their friends in a charming place, 
they concluded to continue these meetings. As soon 
as this fact was known, the numbers who visited the 
place in a few weeks, were larger than they had ever 
been, and among the thousands, were a large number 
of persons of a very attractive appearance. 

This was one of the few old customs, for a short 
time abolished, but was sensibly and happily restored. 

In the last month of autumn, the Park is nearly 
deserted, the flowers have been removed, the leaves 
are falling from the trees, and many persons who have 
visited this Elysian field, will be seen there no more, 
but, like the leaves that fall, their places will be filled 
by others in the coming spring. 



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Bead the List of Life-like Sketches in it. 

SKETCH I.— THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. 

" II.— STREET-PREACHING IN LONDON. 

III.— A PARK OWNER. 

" IV.— IN ROTTEN ROW. 

a v.— OUT-OF-DOOR ECCENTRICS. 

" VI.— THEATRICALS EXTRAORDINARY. 

" VII.— A MUSEUM VISITOR. 

" VIII.— THE DESERTED ROOM. 

" IX.— SWELLS AND CANINES. 

«' X.— THE FRENCH PEOPLE. 

« XL— THE ENGLISH. 

« XIL— A BATCH OF ARTISANS. 

" XIIL— BENHAFIT AND A BEAR STORY. 

" XIV.— ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 

« XV.— CO-OPERATIVE STORES. 

« XVI.— BENHAFIT IN THE PARK. 

" XVII.— THE GENERAL'S FEATS. 

" XVIII.— SELF-MADE MEN. 

" XIX.— A TROUBLED LIFE. 

" XX.— PLACES AND PEOPLE. 

" XXL— THE DRAPER'S STORY. 

" XXIL— HOW AN M. P. GETS ON. 

« XXIIL— GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR. 

" XXIV.— VICISSITUDES OF FASHION. 

" XXV.— JOHN CUFF AND THE SEAL. 

« XXVL— THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. 

« XXVIL— THE CHEVALIER ST. GEORGE. 
"XXVIII.— HYDE PARK IN SEVERAL REIGNS. 

" XXIX.— VARIETIES OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. 

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" stay-at-home travellers," and by those, less numerous, who visit the old country (as 
it is often called), and instead of being lost, as it were, in the immense and absorbing 
population of Loudon, apply themselves to the cultivation of an intimate acquaint- 
ance with its localities and their traditions, with the inhabitants and their oft-times 
singular habits, customs, and eccentricities. By such a book as this the untravelled 
obtain instruction and entertainment from those who have visited the localities, 
using observation and memory together. The author has taken Hyde Park as the 
centre of what may be called metropolitan in contradistinction to commercial Lon- 
don. He used his eyes to observe, his ears to listen, his voice to inquire, his mem- 
ory to retain, and his pen to record all that he had learned about the highways and 
bye-ways of the greatest city on earth. Original characters are described with vivid 
force, eccentric persons are brought forward, and the veins of fact and fiction run 
commingled through the pages. Nothing dull appears in these sketches, in which 
"the West End " of mighty London is made to pass before us, as in review. Tradition 
and history are blended, and a severe critic, who examined the work carefully, has 
expressed his admiration of the manner in which historic truth has been preserved invi- 
olate all through. " The principal scenes," he says, " are more or less connected with 
Hyde Park itself, the property of the people, and the common arena upon which, caste 
being ignored for the time, all ranks, from prince to laborer, may be said to meet, as in 
a common centre of good fellowship. In a word, the Modern Babylon is here made to 
exhibit many of its numerous and various phases," It may be safely predicted that 
Londoners themselves, on reading this volume, will be surprised to learn how little 
they actually know of their own city, and how well the author is acquainted with it. 



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